BBSRC | How honeyguide birds talk to people | The secrets of #HoneyHarvesting in #Africa @bbsrcmedia | Uploaded July 2016 | Updated October 2024, 11 hours ago.
Discover how researchers from the University of Cambridge and the University of Cape Town made a surprising link between birds, humans and honey.

By following honeyguide birds, people in Africa - Mozambique in particular - can locate bees' nests to harvest honey.

The research project, led by Dr Claire Spottiswoode, reveals that humans use special calls to solicit the help of honeyguide. Also, honeyguides actively recruit appropriate human partners.

This relationship is a unique example of cooperation between humans and free-living animals.

Uncover the secrets behind this remarkable cooperative relationship, and learn the benefits of honey harvesting in Mozambique.

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