Renan Ozturk and his team admit they weren’t prepared for the Himalayan giant honeybees. They were dangling 200 feet in the air off a cliff documenting Mauli Dhan, the last remaining person to go after the hallucinogenic honey the bees produce in eastern Nepal, when Ozturk realized his American-made bee suit was no match for the local stingers. Himalayan honeybees are twice the size of American honeybees, and they stung right through the protective clothing.

“I’m used to doing really challenging mountain climbing stories [with the likes of Alex Honnold] and coming from that climbing background we thought this was going to be no big deal,” the Utah native said. "But it was more than we bargained for."

And while Mauli