Masters of Bees

On the island of Borneo, in the flooded forest of Lake Sentarum, lives a giant honey bee: the apis dorsata; it builds its colonies under the branches of large sacred lalaus trees and is worshipped by the Dayak people.

An overview of Argentina's rigorous struggle to conserve bees in the wake of certain changes that began decades ago and recently picked up the pace.

The Carniolan bee is native to Slovenia, a Balkan country that holds a deep respect for this species. Descending from a long line of beekeepers, Brane Kozinc is one of the country's 15 official breeders.

The story of the tribal hunter-gatherers who solely rely on purification rituals for protection and exclusively harvest the valuable honey of Apis Dorsata bees in India's Nilgiri Mountains.

Land of the Sicilian bee, the Aeolian Islands saw the species disappear about thirty years ago following the importation of cousins from northern Italy; Carlo Amodeo works to bring apis mellifera sicula back to its native habitat.

At 2,000 metres above sea level in Manaslu, Nepal, live the Gurung ethnic group; each year, some of his people are elected to face the Himalayan giant honey bee; this is the case of Lal Bahadur, one of the greatest honey hunters.