Ancient honeyhunting practice continues

Scientists have found that human-honeyguide cooperation is used mainly as a recreational activity nowadays. Despite increased education and job opportunities, honey-hunting can survive "without economic incentives for humans, sustained instead by its cultural and social importance"

Recreational honey-hunting with honeyguides in the Kingdom of Eswatini. Illustration by Carissa Gagashi

You scratch my back and I’ll scratch yours — proverb

Insects, carrying pollen from flower to flower, receive a delicious meal of nectar for their trouble.