Bees are fascinating, methodical hard working. Intricate hives in so many shapes and sizes, I had not heard of stingless bees in Africa so this made for interesting reading.
The biggest bee hive I have ever seen was at the Victoria Falls descending down to the base of the falls (now on Zambia side was Northern Rhodesia then), the hive hung out of a tree at least 7 to 10 foot long. Why I remember this strange hive is my older brother was about to throw a stone at it, my father fortunately stopped that silly little hand before it became airborne. What ensued was a story about bees, why they storm, why we must protect them, yes lessons well learned.
Bees are so fascinating but can be dangerous .... and I'm so happy your older brother got stopped!!! Oh my, this could have ended BADLY!
Yes it could have ended badly, it definitely was another one of many lessons learned walking in the bush as a family.
If you are ever able to get to the Victoria Falls do it, it is still wild and open, even though now you have to pay to enter which did not happen when we were young.