by Susan Miller | Feb 16, 2024
The Honey-hunting Research Network (coordinated by Jessica van der Wal) met in Cape Town for a very enjoyable week of analysing and comparing interview data from honey-hunting cultures across Africa, painting a picture of the human cultural variation relevant to...
by Susan Miller | Dec 8, 2023
A new study from the Honeyguide Research Project shows that Greater Honeyguides learn the distinct calls that honey-hunters in different parts of Africa use to communicate with them, facilitating cooperation between species. Greater Honeyguides are wax-eating African...
by Susan Miller | Nov 9, 2023
Our new paper investigating foraging strategies in greater honeyguides is out now, published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B. After guiding a honey-hunter to a bees’ nest, the honeyguide is gratefully rewarded with a piece of beeswax, which it eats. There is...
by Susan Miller | Oct 31, 2023
Claire Spottiswoode gave a plenary talk entitled “Show me the honey: communication between people and wild birds in Africa” at the International Bioacoustics Conference in Sapporo, Japan. Many thanks to Dr Masayo Soma for this wonderful opportunity to share our team’s...
by Susan Miller | Oct 6, 2023
Eliupendo Laltaika is hard at work with his field experiments in southern Tanzania, assisted by Ndorobo honey-hunters Mboyo Lemoho and Lelia Olapi, and currently hosted by the beekeeping community of Mwamagembe village in the Rungwa region. Laltaika’s experiments at a...
