Cliff Mad Honey

Why Nepali cliff mad honey is special for the world?

Cliff mad honey known as rock honey from Nepal also called as wild honey. Cliff mad honey contains grayanotoxins which helps to make you hallucinate.

Dizziness, vomiting and nausea are the causes of over consume cliff mad honey. All because of its unique taste people likely or unlikely eat it. Devotees say it has medicinal benefits, claiming that it helps with authorities, sexual performance as well as so many different health benefits. There are few other regions around the world where this oddity of nature can be found, and in all of these places, it’s prized for its medicinal and mind- expanding properties.

Wild bees made Cliff mad honey, Bees feed on Rhododendron flowers, which give its psychoactive effects, and Rhododendron contains chemicals called graynotoxin. Rhododendron grows in mountains areas in Nepal. More than 30 species of rhododendron found in Nepal. The Hallucinating Honey that we have heard of is the most sought after Himalayan honey in the world. This honey is so powerful that ingesting only a few drops of it can cause immediate psychedelic effects. Apis Laborisa, fondly known as the Himalayan cliff bee, is an indigenous species of gigantic honeybee that collects nectar from the Rhododendron pollen. To get maximum sunlight and to make them less vulnerable to predatory attacks, these giant honeybees make their nesting sites on the steep and inaccessible cliffs, close to the rivers. Honey hunting is a part of an age-old tradition much revered among the male members of the Gurung community, an ethnic community of Nepal, who use one of the oldest methods of harvesting honey in the world twice a year – once in spring (March/April) and autumn (October/November).  But it is mostly the Gurungs from Kaski district that participate in this half-yearly ritual with much fervor and preparation. Every year, the local Shaman marks an auspicious day for harvesting honey, and a day prior to honey hunting, chicken is sacrificed as a part of a shamanic ritual they believe will protect them from any danger and injury. Honey hunting is a risky tradition and some hunters pay the price of their life while climbing the massive steep cliffs every year.