Every year, for centuries in Nepal, members of the Gurung ethnic group put their lives on the line to collect wild honey. Nepal's Apis dorsata laboriosa is the largest honeybee in the world, and in the Himalayan hills, its nectar has hallucinogenic properties. These effects were documented as far as 401 BC when Greek soldiers, traveling through Turkey near the Black Sea, indulged in similar honey and probably recorded their findings by getting everyone they know blitz out of their minds. The Gurung know the honey to be a powerful medicine that alleviates joint pains, and if taken in small doses, to also produce mild highs. In larger doses, ingesting the honey can send you on a toxic, cold-sweat trip of hallucinations, vomiting, and diarrhea that can last for more than 24 hours.
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