The Ikoma are an ethnic and linguistic group based in Mara Region in northern Tanzania. In 1987 the Ikoma population was estimated to number 15,000.[1] The Ikoma find and collect honey. With help from a small bird unable to reach the abandoned honey combs the Ikoma eat and sell the honey. the small bird leads them to the honey combs and the individual that has been led there must give a piece to the bird or else it is said the bird will never help them again.