Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Photos Gallery: Rain Forest Honey Collectors in China

Yin Shiliang's sons climb a giant tree to collect honey in Mengla County, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 19, 2009. Yin Shiliang and his two sons earn their living by collecting honey in the rain forests in April and May each year. They climb on trees and drive away bees with smoke before collecting honey. In this way they can collect more than 100 kilograms of honey in one single day.(Xinhua/Li Yunsheng)

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