Introduce utilization method of natural honey of hollow trees in Lorestan mountains

Local communities living in forested area use different timber and non-timber products of forest. This study introduce utilization of honey from wild honey bee as a non-timber forest products from hollow trees in the mountains of Lorestan province. In this research, human community was consisted all people of Cheshmeh-Ali village and nomads that living around the village. Semi structured, none structured interviews and participatory observation applied to understand the process and collecting data. The results show two methods of honey exploitation depending on hive situation on a tree. The first method don through making a hole in tree trunk and the second one is through cutting and felling the trees. Both of these methods damage the trees by some degrees however disadvantages of the second method is more than first one. Local use of extracted honey in community were elaborated in the paper. The results prove promoting more sustainable method of local forestry in the area to reduce harmful effect of honey extraction.