The Honey Tree Song: A Gift from the Rainforest
Deep in the emerald rainforests of Borneo, the Dayak people climb towering trees in the dark of night, guided not by fear but by song. As they ascend toward the honeycombs glistening high above, the village below begins to sing — a chant that threads human voices with the pulse of the forest itself.
This is The Honey Tree Song — a story where courage is carried on melody, where bees are honored as kin, and where sweetness is harvested only in reverence.
“The bees will not harm him if the village sings.”
In this episode, Julie Anna reads from Wisdom of the Elders , by David Suzuki and Peter Knudtson, inviting you into the living myth of the Dayak — a people whose prayers still rise with the smoke of torches, whose songs still echo among the great trees.
Come listen. Come remember. For the honey is not only in the comb — it is in the way we live, the way we sing, the way we belong to Earth.
“Song is the bridge between human beings and the forest.”
D. Suzuki & P. Knudtson
