lit up torchesmade up of leaves and twigs to create smoke to chase away bees. The smoke forced the bees to fly away from their home. But a few of them attacked the honey collectors who weren't holding the torch. After the bees leave their “home” one of team members will climb the tree and start to harvest the honey. They will never harvest all the wax and will leave some parts for the bees. While some were busy gathering honey, others were onguard and were bursting crackers and blowing buffalo horns to scare away any tigers in the area. Based on Mutalib story, almost all honey collectors have experienced to meet with tiger.
Sometimes he also can sell the honey directly in the village if somebody needs the honey but it’s really rare. Most of the time, he has to go to the city to sell his honey.
I try to ask him, why he wanted to do this kind of very risky job, while he can not earn a lot of money from this job. He said that “If I have other choices to live in this village without going to the forest, I would never go to the forest. Going to the forest is like I staked my live. If I am lucky enough I can safely arrive at home again. But if I am not lucky enough, I may never come back to my home again.
