Researchers from nine African countries investigated whether honeyguide birds and honey badgers work together to find honey. After interviewing over 400 honey hunters, they found that while honeyguide birds often lead people to beehives, no one has ever seen them cooperating with honey badgers. Most of the 11 villages surveyed (80%) have been hunting for wild honey for centuries, often with help from honeyguide birds.
Birds, badgers, and bees: Investigating africa’s honey thieves
A comparable cooperative relationship between honeyguides and honey badgers.
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