The sun was beginning to sink as I set off into the Harenna Forest. I was on my way to1a unique honey harvest. Here, in south-east Ethiopia, hand-carved beehives are placed in the2. Reaching them to get the honey is difficult——and often3.
I4beekeeper Ziyad over a wide stretch of grassland before entering a thick jungle. Ziyad began preparations. He5handfuls of damp tree leaves, wrapped them with string, and6the bunch to create a torch(火把). Then, with one end of a rope tied to his waist and the other end around the trunk of a tree, Ziyad began7. He stopped every few minutes to move the8higher up the tree trunk.
9, Ziyad got close to the hive which was around 20 meters above the ground. Sitting on a branch, he10towards it and blew smoke from his torch into a tiny hole in the hive. Suddenly, Ziyad let out a sharp cry. Within seconds, he'd11the trunk and was back on the ground.
It was too12to collect the honey. A cool summer had delayed13. Baby bees were still in the honeycombs（蜂巢）. The adult bees were14and kept attacking as Ziyad escaped from the tree. He had to wait for the right15to go back up.
