Tim Laman / Collecting honey from a honeycomb of the Giant Honey bee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provin...

Tim Laman / Comb / nest of the Giant honeybee (Apis dorsata) Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, April 2006

Tim Laman / Comb / nest of the Giant honeybee (Apis dorsata) Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, April 2006

Tim Laman / Collecting honey from a honeycomb of the Giant Honey bee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provin...

Tim Laman / Collecting honey from a honeycomb of the Giant Honey bee (Apis dorsata) using smoke to subdue the bees, a bush knife to cut the comb and a basket to catch the honey and comb, Sundarbans, Khulna Provin...

Tim Laman / Giant honey bees {Apis dorsata} start to fly from the hive as the smoke from the torches of the honey hunters starts to get them, Sundarbans, Khulna Province, Bangladesh, April 2006

Simon Williams / Giant honey bees {Apis dorsata} close up of colony. Tenom, Sabah, Borneo

Simon Williams / Giant Honey Bee {Apis Dorsata} feeding on flower, Tenom, Malaysia, Borneo

Simon Williams / Giant honey bee colony {Apis Dorsata} Tenom, Sabah, Borneo

PREMAPHOTOS / Giant oriental honey bee (Apis dorsata) worker bees drinking on riverside sand in rainforest, Malaysia

Simon Williams / Giant honey bee nests {Apis dorsata} in {Compassia sp} tree, Sabah, Borneo, Indonesia

Simon Williams / Giant honey bee nests {Apis dorsata} in {Compassia sp} tree, Sabah, Borneo, Indonesia