Or it might just be an average day for these folks and the tv people were making a big deal out of it.
Considering that they have carved footholds into the trunk of the tree to make climbing it easier, (check out the 19 second mark) I'd say honey has been removed from this tree many times. Whenever they rob the hive, it likely moves to a new location in the tree.
The tree is probably like Beech trees - when they get that big, they are all hollow.