The people hunted 10-storey beehive in the Nghe An-Lao border

In the last days of October, people hunting bees in Nam Hung commune, Nam Dan district hunted a giant honeycomb, weighing over 20kg.

According to Mr. Nguyen Phung Quan (31 years old) in hamlet 7, Nam Hung commune, in the bee season, the people in his village often go to the forest to hunt bees and take honey and get the hives to sell. A few days ago, I was searching for bees in Thanh Thuy and Thanh Chuong forests, the border with Laos, and my bee hunting group caught a big honeycomb. This is the nest of the bees and bees , the Northern people called the sky bees - a type of bee smaller than the earth bee but burning more poisonous than the bumblebees.

"Terrible" honeycomb 10 floors, weighs more than 20kg.(Photo: Thanh Phu).

Due to the big honeycomb, which closed on the tree tens of meters high, it was extremely difficult to get the nest. In addition to climbing high, the climber also wears many layers of protective clothing, which is quite complicated.

As well as taking the nest of many other bees, when taking this honeycomb, the climber approached the nest to be immediately jerked, the string dropped down to the root, the bees were stung around them.

Mr. Nguyen Phung Quan and the "giant" honeycomb have just hunted.(Photo: Thanh Phu).

Mr. Quan thought that getting this honeycomb was difficult, bringing it home more and more difficult. Due to the big beehive, not hugging, he and you had to tie the strap behind your back to get out of the forest.

When bringing the giant honeycomb home, many curious people rushed to see it. Honeycomb has 10 floors, the middle layer is the largest with a diameter of more than 0.9 m and gradually smaller to 2 heads, the floor is still intact. Honeycomb weighing more than 20 kg, nearly 0,7m high.'This is the biggest honeycomb I have ever hunted ' - Mr. Quan shared.

It is very difficult to move the "giant" honeycomb.(Photo: Thanh Phu).

Shortly thereafter, the hive ' honeycomb ' was taken by the owner to Highway 15 for sale to passersby. The beehive species is often sold here at the price of 160 - 250 VND / kg, depending on time.

It is known that Nam Hung is a famous locality for bee hunting in Nghe An province, now there are dozens of people specializing in bee hunting, concentrated in hamlets 7, 9, 10. According to folk experiences, the last one In the season of bees, many big nests are hunted.