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The Largest Bee in the World and Its Hallucinogenic Honey

The Largest Bee in the World and Its Hallucinogenic Honey

The largest bee in the world makes some really dangerous honey.

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Daniel Ganninger
Jun 18, 2025
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A huge bee in the Himalayas makes honey unlike any other bee in the world. The honey it produces is a hallucinogen. But the fun doesn’t stop there. It’s also toxic, and this honey could kill you.

The Himalayan honey bee, or Apis dorsata laboriosa, is the largest bee in the world. It is twice as large as an average bee, measuring a lit…

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