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Harvesting Honey

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posted on 2022-06-15, 14:22 authored by Sam Lunn-Rockliffe, Joseph Kimutai Cheptorus
Amos Ruto describes how a particular source of honey is harvested from natiral underground beehives. The honey collected is called kessom.

History

Rights owner

Samuel Lunn-Rockliffe

Cultural group

Sengwer; Marakwet

Participants

Amos Ruto kibor

Country

Kenya

Place

Embobut forest

Cultural context/event

Production of beehive

Social group setting

Peers

Location

Kapsaniak, Koropkwen glade

Date of creation

2019-09-21

Unique ID

2019SG03-0146

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    Endangered Material Knowledge Programme

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    Keywords

    Honey harvestunderground hivestingless bee

    Licence

    CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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