AITA Prasad Gurung dangled off a cliff in Nepal, carefully manipulating a long pole with a blade at its end to cut away chunks of honeycomb after Himalayan bees fled the fumes from a fire set to drive them from their homes.
The 40-year-old wore a white hat with a net swathing his face to protect against stings as he hung 50m off the precipice on a handmade ladder, braided from bamboo strands, to reach the bee colonies.
