In a message dated 5/11/00 9:39:43 AM Eastern Daylight Time, [log in to unmask] writes: << Had I not seen it with my own eyes, I would have agreed with John. I would have adamntly insisted that honeybees simply do not dwell underground. >> Hello Friends, I was recently in Guatemala. I went with a friend to set up some bee hives for his father, who is living there. His father had some locally produced honey, which he gets there regularly. It is reported to be made by "bees that live in the ground." I tried to find out about these "bees that live in the ground," but there was nobody available to elaborate on it. All of the folks I talked to there were familiar with this honey and knew that the bees lived "in the ground." Apparently it is a different species than what we work with. The honey is extremely thin, flowing more on the order of maple syrup, rather than honey. The color is almost black and the taste is very fruity and mild. I brought a bottle back but it has fermented somewhat, presumably from the high water content. I know that have deviated from the thought of this thread but, I was wondering If any of you are familiar with Central American bees, which produce honey from colonies which "live in the ground."