Himalayan (Cross-Border Highlands)

"Himalayan mad honey" is a positioning term that spans Nepal, the northern Indian states of Uttarakhand and Sikkim, and western Bhutan. The botany is broadly similar — cliff-nesting Apis laboriosa feeding on high-altitude Rhododendron — but the harvesting traditions vary by tribe and jurisdiction. Sikkim and Uttarakhand have state-level recognition of traditional harvest rights; Nepal has the most developed export market; Bhutan remains largely untapped.