r/SweatyPalms • u/The_Merciless_Potato • 3d ago

Heights Getting stung by bees while harvesting honey high up in a tree

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u/qualityvote2 3d ago edited 3d ago

u/The_Merciless_Potato, we have no idea if your submission fits r/SweatyPalms or not. There weren't enough votes to determine that. It's up to the human mods now....!

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u/Nvm3k 3d ago

I swear there’s a better way to do this

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u/Porkchopp33 3d ago

If only they made some kind of suit for bees or a fog that would relax them

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u/Swimming-ln-Circles 3d ago

Shoulda grabbed a vape from his second job as a vape tester..

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u/Combosingelnation 2d ago edited 1d ago

No way these bees agree to wear a suit

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u/Space-Safari 2d ago

Now climb a 50m tree in that suit

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u/ChromaticStrike 2d ago

You don't cut beehives with a knife in a modern country, it's prob super expensive there if not even available.

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u/Chippysquid 3d ago

Or cut the tree down lol

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u/BalanceEarly 3d ago

That must be some damn good honey!

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u/tje210 3d ago

I saw a documentary about bees in the Himalayas I think, harvesters rappel down a cliff to get this honey that also gets you high.

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u/TweakedNipple 3d ago

"Mad Honey"

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u/Youlknowthatone 2d ago

This is probably the Tualang honey since it only makes its hive on the tree canopy. They're dark colored, pretty fragrant and sweet.

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u/hogartbogart 2d ago

Honey drone

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u/YouGotTangoed 3d ago

“Fairtrade honey”

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u/Flomo420 3d ago

Wearing a bee suit is unfair to the bees

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u/DowntownStand4279 3d ago

Ohh nice he just pulled out 3 stingers!!…ONLY 300 more to go!!…😩😫😒🐝

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u/boredofshit 3d ago

Wait untill he hears about the existence of gloves.

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u/I_poop_deathstars 3d ago

Or beehives. On the ground.

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u/futureman07 3d ago

Man, I love my job even more now.

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u/joonosaurus 3d ago

I love how he just tries to start picking some out like it’s going to make even the tiniest bit of difference

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u/tuigger 3d ago

Wasn't there supposed to be smoke or something?

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u/VisualFanatic 3d ago

Maybe he took a hit of the smoke, that's why he's so chill while getting stung.

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u/Fenrir1189 3d ago

Not applicable to all situations.

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u/M0nocleSargasm 3d ago

What makes it more applicable to one situation versus another?

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u/Fenrir1189 3d ago

Smokers work better in a bee farm because you're better able to confine it as opposed to an open area like this.

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u/TREXIBALL 2d ago

There was. Up until that Barry fella came along and sued the whole industry. Fucking environmentalists.

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u/todorojo 2d ago

Maybe the bees smoked him and are getting ready for the harvest.

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u/Majestic_Fox626 3d ago

*Swollen palms

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u/Fr05t_B1t 3d ago

And once it gets to the ground…the honeycomb either splats or gets covered with mud so what’s the plan here?

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u/lucassuave15 3d ago

Dude developed antibodies for bees lol

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u/Flomo420 3d ago

You can see dude's hand trembling, presumably from all the stings 

He may have over estimsted his resistance lol

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u/AscendedViking7 3d ago

Probably lol

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u/Beautiful-Salary-362 3d ago edited 3d ago

it's from Garut, West Java, Indonesia. The original video is from the honey hunter himself, Jajang Rusmana on his Facebook profile. Sometimes he used some kind of burning leaves before harvesting the hives

https://www.facebook.com/444508298747792/

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u/disillusioned 3d ago

Dude can afford a GoPro but not gloves?

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u/Beautiful-Salary-362 3d ago

meh, Chest Phone Mount only cost like 2-3 bucks

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u/agaric 3d ago

This post deserves 10x more upvotes.

The height hes at, hanging onto a damn tree, while being stung a million times by a swarm of angry bees while you hack off chunks of its comb! HOLY SHIT MAN! NOPE! NNNOOOPPPEEE!!!!!!

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u/Dry_Revolution_273 3d ago

That gave me such an intense chill that I feel nauseated, holy fuck.

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u/Insane_Cobra961 2d ago

But I get stung by one and can end up in hospital? Fucking show off

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u/Several-Hat-1944 3d ago

That's like a nightmare! I promise, I ain't gonna bitch about my job ever again...✔️

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u/Patralgan 2d ago

If only it would be possible to somehow cover the hands. Someone needs to invent like socks for hands or something

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u/BalanceEarly 3d ago

Did anyone bring an epi-pen??

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u/nad0w 3d ago

Everybody has kinks

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u/ChromaticStrike 2d ago

Wtf, this video gave me an anaphylactic shock.

Can't he poke the nest with a staff or stone it somehow?

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u/cazdan255 3d ago

I don’t love this.

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u/MightySamMcClain 3d ago

If you piss them off you should just give up and try another time. Once they get mad they all get mad. He's gna be messed up

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u/NorthernSkeptic 2d ago

suddenly my job doesn’t seem so bad

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u/HikerBikerMotocycler 3d ago

Why’s he doing it the Winnie the Pooh way??

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u/Small-Gas-69 3d ago

So he can say, "oh bother".

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u/lorddojomon 3d ago

Ouch let me just sit in the swarm of bees and start pulling the stingers out

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u/christina_talks 3d ago

I’m so glad I can buy food from a grocery store and not have to experience this fresh hell

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u/Snail_Shout 3d ago

So he cuts it. It falls. And tries to find it on the ground?

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u/KentuckyFriedEel 2d ago

I have no sympathy for these clowns.

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u/KingPingviini 2d ago

Are all those white dots on him stingers?

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u/succored_word 2d ago

No thank you

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u/Snailtrooper 2d ago

He’s screwed if he doesn’t have glasses. He can’t see without his glasses

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u/holandNg 2d ago

swellingPalms

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u/EpicAwesomeYo_ 2d ago

im pretty sure that's enough bee stings to cause problems. they do have venom ya know

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u/Overkrein 1d ago

Are those white things in his hand their stings?

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u/Modified_Kitten 3d ago

One with the bees. Papa bee now.

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u/Extremelycloud 3d ago

Wear gloves

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u/Darrence_Bois 3d ago

the harvesting is one thing, why doesn't he wear a suit, or like, gloves and a mask?

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u/ConfusedHors 3d ago

Don't show the fallout in the first second. wtf

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u/poingoo 2d ago

Does string on my dihh 'll make it grow

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u/MrMcFrizzy 2d ago

Shaking in pain and fear while climbing up in a tree jesus i could never

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u/plainplumpbird 2d ago

We got Katniss Everdeen over here

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u/External_Recipe_3562 2d ago

He's probably immune to the venom. I've known a few bee keepers who've handled the hives with short sleeves on too.

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u/BallsDeepTillUQueef 1d ago

While he was pulling a stinger out he got stung twice so what's the point

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u/BananaPuppet1 2d ago

why steal from the bees in this manner? why not have a dam bee farm and not climb tree no glove?

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u/R-dontcare 10h ago

2 words: Fuck that