Beekeeping makes a buzz in cocoa country

Beekeepers equipped with suits, masks, gloves and a smoker, tending to beehives near Katiola in Ivory Coast, which boasts incredible varieties of honey. — AFP

Night has just fallen in central Ivory Coast and the hour has come for two men, venturing forth in protective suits, veils and gloves, to steal honey from their bees.

The art of beekeeping has spread swiftly in Assounvoue, in the heart of the world's top cocoa producer.