we are headed into the Dragon's Den
these bees are not happy at all oh my
god I've never been so happy to have a
bee suit on
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400 kilometers north of Hanoi and just a
few away from China lies this
picturesque city hidden in the mountains
and we call it dumb bunny
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this is the final video in our northern
Vietnam series being amongst some of
Viet Nam's fibrin ethnic minorities has
been nothing short of magical I've
learned how some of the local people
live and your father helped build this
yeah the boy and the man in here about
it you know they know how to do in the
house I've learned how some of them babe
it's a lot like I'm in a giant cup of
tea right now and most importantly for
me
I got to experience what they eat it
could be
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I'm starting to understand no matter
where I am in this country never doubt
Vietnam today we're in dome Vaughn for
one final foodie mission hunting down a
local sugary sweet delicacy this is
really great because I don't like bees
at all so I can't wait our mission will
be dangerous but when there's food on
the line nothing can stop me we have
traveled through hours of mountainous
twists and turns to northern Vietnam
just to sample some of their incredibly
unique mint honey but first we're gonna
need a bun me ready yeah Vee and I are
headed to the most popular and only
bakery in town and let me tell you if
you don't get along with the head Baker
here good luck getting a cake for your
kids Bar Mitzvahs I talked to the bee
man yesterday and he said the best thing
to pair with honey is the bunny baguette
bread
correct so let's go get some bread they
only have four left should we get all
four yeah fresh bunny bread
Kabam more high bio as yo this yo is
fort boom fun me thank you come on we're
gonna bring the bean man of birthday
cake why our birthday cake it's polite
to bring someone a gift oh my god
she just finished making it nothing says
hello like a birthday cake with a bad be
pun written in frosting have B birthday
cuz it's a B that's B you look so cute
it's not his first thing okay v Laverne
trying to make a fun video here let's go
company man I didn't feel it so small
watch the clock ticking after
you're gonna hear a lot of honking
because these mountains are completely
treacherous it's a lot of really sharp
turns so you have to continuously warn
other drivers that you're coming around
the bend by honking otherwise you'll
just slam into each other but some of
the most beautiful landscape I've ever
seen
insane mountains deep valleys green
mountains you know what maybe I can just
show you some drone shots and join our
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local honey expert is part of the mail
people an ethnic group originating in
China that began migrating southward in
the 18th century due to political unrest
these new immigrants started calling
themselves Hmong which means free person
these days there are about 1 million
Hmong people living in light Shou Lao
Cai and here in the hai yang province we
have arrived at our bead destination
just in time for me to realize that I am
actually terrified of bees after
delivering our cank and snapping a
couple pics for instagram it's time to
get down to business
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does he ever get stung I never be me I'm
coming to notice so many times so many
times he's gotta pull the big thing I've
heard about here is that there's mint
honey can you explain mint honey or ask
him what is unique about Donny here the
flower here is the peppermint flower
which is a cat apply wide
growing on the rock island in this area
bees make honey so they can eat it but I
want to eat it too these bees collect
nectar from the Dovan wild mint flower
fly it back home then regurgitate it and
pass it from one bead to another be for
a period of time until storing it in a
wax cell so if you're asking wait is
honey just be vomit the answer is yes
delicious bee vomit that I can't wait to
try right over here we have all the bee
boxes and that's where the bees call
home if you look just down here it's
maybe 40 different boxes the red is no
good I don't want to get stung I brought
something I'm gonna show the the bee man
let's go can you ask him if this is
gonna be good enough can I go multi yeah
but I'm gonna huh whoa what oh good so
good after reviewing Jollibee in a bee
suit about four months ago I finally
have a practical use for this thing and
I can't wait to put it to the test
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whenever I travel I always bring a full
bee suit from Guardian beat apparel
Guardian B apparel the best place to get
different types of B apparel V are you
ready okay let's go we're getting our
smoke gun ready we're going in like a
SWAT team they're gonna be flying away
and maybe they'll be trying to sting us
but it won't be possible wait v how are
you doing with your outfit there same
thing I'm good
V is also safe with the camouflage hat
so we can't see her so effing beautiful
here I can't get over it and go ahead V
Kai do you need a hand take my hand Kai
we are headed into the Dragon's Den you
know it's getting serious my dude here
is putting on his mask and look this
lady over here guys so you might be
wondering well why doesn't she have a
bee suit on well the bees don't really
care if you're hanging out they do care
though if you're trying to fill their
house with smoke that's when they get a
little upset we're heading down V Avenue
oh oh so it's so good oh my god I've
never been so happy to have a bee suit
on so he puts on the smoke and these
bees are not happy at all oh I got it
thousands of bees right now on this
piece of wood they've got their little
honeycomb in there he's pointing to the
queen bee it's a little bit bigger it's
about twice the length and a little bit
darker a big dark tail or it or should I
say don't wax so V there's one queen per
house yeah one Queen per house okay
there you go he's kind of shaking it
like an etch-a-sketch and that's I guess
that's how you get the beasts off you
just shake him off easily
okay yeah give it to me thousands and
thousands of bees just in this one house
there must be millions of bees just in
this whole area it's crazy oh these poor
guys they're trying to run back to their
little holes their little honey combs is
that it so I'm really surprised we used
very minimal smoke he mostly just shook
them off like the way he handles the
bees it's very kind of gentle almost
we're gonna go back and harvest this
honey let's do it
when the bees fill a cell with honey
they capped the top to seal it for safe
storage then the beekeeper slices the
lid off allowing the honey to flow
freely we have our three honey racks
right here they've told us we've got to
move really quickly there's still some
bees in here these poor guys they're
like what is going on from there they're
gonna put the honey right or bee rack
into this machine is essentially a
centrifuge for honey right that's the
kind of science I like he's putting in
another one here to balance the weight
out a little bit I guess so right now we
have these three honey racks in here
he's just spinning it around and then oh
my god all the honey is flying off and
it's sticking to the wall that's so cool
all the honey is coming off of the rack
it's slamming onto the wall of this
cylinder right here and falling and kind
of oozing down to the bottom and just
like that that's it yeah here's how you
know honey is good at my friend is if
when you buy it it's in an old water
bottle okay we're not looking for some
like bear cartoon picture of a bear on a
bottle of honey
o our bottle is shaped like a bears and
that cute no this is the real stuff it's
in a water bottle and that's how you
know it's good fresh honey it's ready to
eat yeah yeah okay let's eat right here
we have the honeycomb they were slicing
off of the rack can we eat this directly
yep let's do it mo hi bye oh wow does he
swallow this no so you know what it
tastes like soft waxy texture on the
honey and the honey is just amazing it's
not overly sweet they haven't added a
bunch of high fructose corn syrup or
anything like that is just straight-up
honey it is super sweet and there is
still a beat inside okay
mmm Wow it is basically like a honey
sponge
so as you bite into it the honey is
being released out and then as you chew
it it gets harder and harder and then
when it's too hard then you just spit it
up what I love about almost everything
I've done so far in the north is that it
usually devolves into drinking at some
point so I heard they have alcohol made
out of honey - is that true yeah it's
true we've got oh my god exactly thin
container a honeycomb and they've mixed
it with corn wine most of Vietnam all
over the place you can find rice wine
here it's all about the corn wine and
they've mixed it with this giant plastic
container of honey and honeycomb mo
haibach yo
ah it's good it's good it's good we got
bread here we got back to Jason a lot of
corn flavor not a ton of honey flavor
but a little bit and but look this looks
really cool so I don't care thank you my
friend
come on em believe it or not I don't
have a lot of use for a giant bee suit
like this I was given this awesome bee
suit by Guardian B apparel and so now
I'm gonna pass it on to this man here
and hopefully he can make some use of it
let's go give it to him now my dude I
don't need a bee suit and you have bees
so I just want to give you this bee suit
but I want that I'm Gaia no does he
think he'll actually use it yeah
all right awesome uh thank you again so
much this was awesome I hope you can
make use of this bee suit if not you can
just make short films where you pretend
like you're an astronaut and that can be
fun too
if you've missed any videos from our
northern Vietnam series click the
playlist link in the description box to
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will see you next week
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