Ebenezer Frimpong

MAD HONEY

Mad honey is a peculiar and perilous mixture that bees generate on the hillside in Turkey and Nepal. The natural fluid is a rare variation. Mad honey, which is produced by the biggest honey bee in the world, Apis dorsata laboriosa, is redder and has a milder flavor than the several hundred other types of honey produced worldwide. But the physiological consequences of mad honey are what really set it apart. Mad honey induces exhilaration, lightheadedness, and even nausea at lesser doses. Higher doses may result in seizures, hallucinations, loss of consciousness, vomiting, and, in rare instances, death. Here is a description of what it's like to consume a moderate amount of mad honey from a VICE producer who visited Nepal to accompany mad honey hunters on a mission. “I experienced a sensation of coolness throughout my body, descending from the back of my head to my torso. My stomach began to feel intensely hot and ice for several hours. Although a few of the hunters fainted from eating a little too much of the delectable honey, nobody experienced the projectile vomiting or explosive diarrhea I had been warned about”