Hanging from a deep abyss to collect honey 'more expensive than gold'

This honey is called Elvish, and a small jar of it costs as much as a BMW.

Elvish honey is a 100% natural specialty found only in Türkiye. Elvish beehives are not located in tree holes or bushes but are perched precariously on a 2,000 meter high cliff in the city of Artvin, Türkiye. From a distance, they look like giant, delicious pancakes.

The main reason this type of honey is so expensive is because it is very difficult to harvest. Honey collectors must hang themselves in the middle of a deep ravine with very little protective equipment, including a rope ladder and a belt around their waist.

Close-up of the process of "harvesting" Elvish honey on a steep cliff.

During the process of collecting honey, they are often attacked by bees. The number of bees that rush out when the hive breaks is enough to cover the sky. If they do not have enough physical strength and nerves of steel, the honey collectors can fall into the abyss at any time. In other words, to harvest the drops of honey that are “more expensive than gold”, they have to risk their lives.

The group of workers in the photo harvested a total of 8kg of honey at a time. At the market price of 127 million VND/kg, they could earn more than 1 billion VND - a very worthy price for the extremely arduous labor process.

Happy honey collectors enjoy beeswax priced at nearly 130 million VND/kg.

Elvish honey is used quite similarly to regular honey as medicine and food. The honey has a beautiful golden color. Currently, this type of honey has begun to be sold all over the world.

Compared to other types of farmed honey sold widely on the market, Elvish honey is not only more delicious and nutritious but also completely natural. In particular, Elvish honey, which has a lifespan of 7 years in natural conditions, also contains many new minerals, which are beneficial to human health./.

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According to VOV