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The Banas were beekeepers well before becoming farmers ten years ago. Ownership of the trees bearing the hives predates land ownership and it is
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The Banas were beekeepers well before becoming farmers ten years ago. Ownership of the trees bearing the hives predates land ownership and it is passed down by inheritance. So, on the land of Oïta’s concession, there is a tree holding a hive but Oïta owns neither one nor the other and in no case can he cut this tree down without the hive owner’s permission. Karo people, Omo valley, Ethiopia
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Smoked the bee hunt seen from below, it allows an easier harvest because once the bees are locked in the brood, the harvest of the supers becomes a
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
Smoked the bee hunt seen from below, it allows an easier harvest because once the bees are locked in the brood, the harvest of the supers becomes a simpler and less stressful operation for the bees, around Cluny, France
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7 year old girl looking at a beehive during the smokehouse used in beekeeping, around Cluny, France
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
7 year old girl looking at a beehive during the smokehouse used in beekeeping, around Cluny, France
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Lighting of a smoker used in beekeeping, around Cluny, France
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
© Antoine Boureau / Biosphoto
Lighting of a smoker used in beekeeping, around Cluny, France
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A beekeeper with a frame with the brood in the center and the sealed honey-filled cells on the periphery. Buckfast bees, Lacarry, La Soule, Basque
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
A beekeeper with a frame with the brood in the center and the sealed honey-filled cells on the periphery. Buckfast bees, Lacarry, La Soule, Basque Country, France
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Mountain beekeeper controlling his colony of Buckfast bees, Lacarry, La Soule, Basque Country, France
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Mountain beekeeper controlling his colony of Buckfast bees, Lacarry, La Soule, Basque Country, France
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Mountain beekeeper during the weekly control of his apiary,
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Mountain beekeeper during the weekly control of his apiary, Buckfast bees, Lacarry, La Soule, Basque Country, France
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Beekeeper looking for the queen using a magnifying glass. Buckfast Bees, Lacarry, La Soule, Basque Country, France
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Beekeeper looking for the queen using a magnifying glass. Buckfast Bees, Lacarry, La Soule, Basque Country, France
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Beekeeper smoking hives during the weekly control of the apiary. Abeilles Buckfast: cross between Italian bees and black bees, Lacarry, La Soule,
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Beekeeper smoking hives during the weekly control of the apiary. Abeilles Buckfast: cross between Italian bees and black bees, Lacarry, La Soule, Basque Country, France
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Beekeeper uncapping a few cells on a frame containing the honey reserves on the periphery of the brood, Lacarry, La Soule, Basque Country, France
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Beekeeper uncapping a few cells on a frame containing the honey reserves on the periphery of the brood, Lacarry, La Soule, Basque Country, France
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Mountain beekeeper: weekly control of the colony. Buckfast bees: crossing of 2 strains: Italian bees and black bees. Characteristics: prolific and
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Mountain beekeeper: weekly control of the colony. Buckfast bees: crossing of 2 strains: Italian bees and black bees. Characteristics: prolific and known for their gentle behaviour, Lacarry, La Soule, Basque Country, France.
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Mountain beekeeper: weekly control of the state of the colony. Buckfast bees: crossing of 2 strains: Italian bees and black bees, Lacarry, La Soule,
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
© Georges Lopez / Biosphoto
Mountain beekeeper: weekly control of the state of the colony. Buckfast bees: crossing of 2 strains: Italian bees and black bees, Lacarry, La Soule, Basque Country, France
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Recovery of a swarm of bees in a house, France
© Eric Guilloret / Biosphoto
© Eric Guilloret / Biosphoto
Recovery of a swarm of bees in a house, France
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Smoker on a hive
© Eric Guilloret / Biosphoto
© Eric Guilloret / Biosphoto
Smoker on a hive
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Beekeeper inspecting hives during honey production
© Eric Guilloret / Biosphoto
© Eric Guilloret / Biosphoto
Beekeeper inspecting hives during honey production
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Maintenance of an apiary, Inspection of rays and smoke to calm the bees, autumn, Finistère, France
© Jean Mayet / Biosphoto
© Jean Mayet / Biosphoto
Maintenance of an apiary, Inspection of rays and smoke to calm the bees, autumn, Finistère, France
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The pygmy canopy honey. A honey-hunter prepares the smoker made out of a bundle of sticks stuffed into leaves to create a dense smoke. An exceptional
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. A honey-hunter prepares the smoker made out of a bundle of sticks stuffed into leaves to create a dense smoke. An exceptional harvest of several kilos of honey from the trunk of an oil palm. Today, the oil palms are planted around the villages by the Bantu farmers following slash-and-burn and we can also find them near the camps of pygmies who consume them and thus scatter the fruit and seeds in the forest. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. In a Marantaceae forest, the honey-hunters climb the lianas to harvest a bees nest that had been located in the night. The
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. In a Marantaceae forest, the honey-hunters climb the lianas to harvest a bees nest that had been located in the night. The honey-hunters get up before dawn to inspect the traps but also to be able to locate in the silence the sound of the bees fanning. A branch is cut near the tree to mark their discovery. Likouala, Congo
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The pygmy canopy honey. In the undergrowth, a fire is lit to prepare the smoker for the bees. In the heart of the forest, when a space is opened to
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The pygmy canopy honey. In the undergrowth, a fire is lit to prepare the smoker for the bees. In the heart of the forest, when a space is opened to the sun, thousands of gnats swarm to the men to enjoy the mineral salts from their perspiration, drawing from their skin some nourishment. Likouala, Congo
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Killers Africanized Honeybees. A frame of honey. Panama
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Killers Africanized Honeybees. A frame of honey. Panama
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Killers Africanized Honeybees. A young intern handles the smoker. After two hours of harvesting and despite his protection, his nerves are getting
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Killers Africanized Honeybees. A young intern handles the smoker. After two hours of harvesting and despite his protection, his nerves are getting frayed. The venom stings the eyes and the nose and an acidic taste fills the mouth. Don't panic, don'y panic.... Panama
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Killers Africanized Honeybees. Eric Tourneret, hard at work, tries to limit the number of bees in front of his lens. Panama
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Killers Africanized Honeybees. Eric Tourneret, hard at work, tries to limit the number of bees in front of his lens. Panama
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Killers Africanized Honeybees. Les abeilles africanisées ont l’habitude d’attaquer de façon préventive. Elles attaquent en plus grand nombre et
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Killers Africanized Honeybees. Les abeilles africanisées ont l’habitude d’attaquer de façon préventive. Elles attaquent en plus grand nombre et suivent leur victime sur des centaines de mètres. Panama
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Killers Africanized Honeybees. Les abeilles africanisées ont l’habitude d’attaquer de façon préventive. Elles attaquent en plus grand nombre et
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Killers Africanized Honeybees. Les abeilles africanisées ont l’habitude d’attaquer de façon préventive. Elles attaquent en plus grand nombre et suivent leur victime sur des centaines de mètres. Panama
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Killers Africanized Honeybees. The Africanized bees usually make preventive attacks. They attack in the greatest number and follow their victim over
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Killers Africanized Honeybees. The Africanized bees usually make preventive attacks. They attack in the greatest number and follow their victim over hundreds of metres. Panama
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Killers Africanized Honeybees. The Africanized bees usually make preventive attacks. They attack in the greatest number and follow their victim over
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Killers Africanized Honeybees. The Africanized bees usually make preventive attacks. They attack in the greatest number and follow their victim over hundreds of metres. Panama
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Killers Africanized Honeybees. A honey frame fresh out of the hive. Panama
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Killers Africanized Honeybees. A honey frame fresh out of the hive. Panama
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Killers Africanized Honeybees. Teamwork: a beekeeper with the smoker and another who removes the frames of honey. The only solution for calming the
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Killers Africanized Honeybees. Teamwork: a beekeeper with the smoker and another who removes the frames of honey. The only solution for calming the killer bees' aggressiveness. Panama
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Killers Africanized Honeybees. Smoking of the camera for a few moments of peace. Panama
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Killers Africanized Honeybees. Smoking of the camera for a few moments of peace. Panama
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Killers Africanized Honeybees. Abundant smoking of the hives is always the beekeeper's first act. Here, it is vital. Panama
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Killers Africanized Honeybees. Abundant smoking of the hives is always the beekeeper's first act. Here, it is vital. Panama
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Killers Africanized Honeybees. Before opening the hive, the giant smoker from Brazil goes into action. The varroa mite, a parasite for bees, is
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Killers Africanized Honeybees. Before opening the hive, the giant smoker from Brazil goes into action. The varroa mite, a parasite for bees, is better tolerated by the Africanized bees because they manage to delouse themselves and also because they regularly change their habitat, which limits growth of the varroa population. Panama
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Killers Africanized Honeybees. We leave the apiary but in the back of the pick-up a beekeeper smokes the hives' honey-filled supers to prevent a
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Killers Africanized Honeybees. We leave the apiary but in the back of the pick-up a beekeeper smokes the hives' honey-filled supers to prevent a pillage. Panama
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Killers Africanized Honeybees. We leave the apiary but in the back of the pick-up a beekeeper smokes the hives' honey-filled supers to prevent a
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Killers Africanized Honeybees. We leave the apiary but in the back of the pick-up a beekeeper smokes the hives' honey-filled supers to prevent a pillage. Panama
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Killers Africanized Honeybees. The smoke, although abundant, does not really calm the enraged guard bees. Panama
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Killers Africanized Honeybees. The smoke, although abundant, does not really calm the enraged guard bees. Panama
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Killers Africanized Honeybees. During the honey harvest at the 80-hive apiary, all the guard bees unite and together attack the intruders. Panama
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Killers Africanized Honeybees. During the honey harvest at the 80-hive apiary, all the guard bees unite and together attack the intruders. Panama
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The Honey Nights. In the middle of the day, the bees are chased from their nest with the help of a smoker. The smoke keeps the guardian bees at bay
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The Honey Nights. In the middle of the day, the bees are chased from their nest with the help of a smoker. The smoke keeps the guardian bees at bay and the leaves at the end of the smoke are used to sweep away the most recalcitrant. Borneo, Indonesia
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In the middle of the night, the harvesting of a hive takes on the air of a sacrificial ceremony. The Honey Tribe, Omo valley, Ethiopia
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
In the middle of the night, the harvesting of a hive takes on the air of a sacrificial ceremony. The Honey Tribe, Omo valley, Ethiopia
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In an acacia tree where four hives are set up, they harvest a golden wheat-colored honey. The Honey Tribe, Omo valley, Ethiopia
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
In an acacia tree where four hives are set up, they harvest a golden wheat-colored honey. The Honey Tribe, Omo valley, Ethiopia
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Mr. Waracha Shisha, 60 years old, of the Maale ethnic group, lives with his family from the 1.5 hectares of land that he owns on his concession where
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
Mr. Waracha Shisha, 60 years old, of the Maale ethnic group, lives with his family from the 1.5 hectares of land that he owns on his concession where his hive-house can be found. He also raises cows and goats. Most of the Maales converted to Christianity with the arrival of Protestant missionaries and have abandoned their traditional garments. The village elder recounts that there are fewer and fewer big trees for setting up the hives and that the flowering trees are disappearing, giving way to corn and sorghum crops. The Honey Tribe, Omo valley, Ethiopia
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In the land of the Bana tribe, the beekeepers harvest the honey in the middle of the day, unlike the other tribes in the valley, covering their
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
In the land of the Bana tribe, the beekeepers harvest the honey in the middle of the day, unlike the other tribes in the valley, covering their bodies with a repelling plant or clay. The Honey Tribe, Omo valley, Ethiopia
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At night, a member of the Maale tribe inspects his apiary-house with the flame from a smoker. He says proudly that he has had one colony for 14 years
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
At night, a member of the Maale tribe inspects his apiary-house with the flame from a smoker. He says proudly that he has had one colony for 14 years now and another since 8 years ago. The Honey Tribe, Omo valley, Ethiopia
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In the land of the Bana tribe, the beekeepers harvest the honey in the middle of the day, unlike the other tribes in the valley, covering their
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
In the land of the Bana tribe, the beekeepers harvest the honey in the middle of the day, unlike the other tribes in the valley, covering their bodies with a repelling plant or clay. The Honey Tribe, Omo valley, Ethiopia
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The Apis Laboriosa, giant bee of the Himalayas, builds its nests under the overhanging rock of cliff faces, near a river. The combs can reach five
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The Apis Laboriosa, giant bee of the Himalayas, builds its nests under the overhanging rock of cliff faces, near a river. The combs can reach five feet in diameter. Solukumbu, Nepal. The tiger men honey hunting
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The fire is lit, setting off a massive attack by the swarms. Bolo Kesher chants an ancient prayer, one passed down from generation to generation, to
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The fire is lit, setting off a massive attack by the swarms. Bolo Kesher chants an ancient prayer, one passed down from generation to generation, to the guardian spirit of the cliff. Solukumbu, Nepal. The tiger men honey hunting
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The honey of the untouchables, At the foot of the cliff, part of
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The honey of the untouchables, At the foot of the cliff, part of the team collects the pole and the container full of honey, conditions it for portage. Tamil Nadu, India
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The honey of the untouchables, At the foot of the cliff, part of
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The honey of the untouchables, At the foot of the cliff, part of the team collects the pole and the container full of honey, conditions it for portage. Tamil Nadu, India
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The honey of the untouchables, Harvest image. Them Mari hushes the bees away with the smoke from his makeshift smoker, and with the bamboo pole he
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The honey of the untouchables, Harvest image. Them Mari hushes the bees away with the smoke from his makeshift smoker, and with the bamboo pole he removes the brood comb to access the honey. Tamil Nadu, India
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The honey of the untouchables, Then Mari on the cliff just cut the brood comb made of wax cells containing exclusively eggs and larva. He can now
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The honey of the untouchables, Then Mari on the cliff just cut the brood comb made of wax cells containing exclusively eggs and larva. He can now harvest the honey contained in the cells against the wall. Tamil Nadu, India
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The honey of the untouchables, Then Mari hangs on to the ladder with only his feet and head, freeing his arms and body to work more efficiently.
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The honey of the untouchables, Then Mari hangs on to the ladder with only his feet and head, freeing his arms and body to work more efficiently. Millions of bees swarm around him with only the smoke to fend them off. He fills the tin container with honey at arms strength, using a second bamboo pole to cut the honeycomb off the cliff. Tamil Nadu, India
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The honey of the untouchables, At the top of the cliff, Then Mari’s assistants follow instructions, prepare smokers and pass on equipment. Tamil
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© Eric Tourneret / Biosphoto
The honey of the untouchables, At the top of the cliff, Then Mari’s assistants follow instructions, prepare smokers and pass on equipment. Tamil Nadu, India
