A plant which repels bees

In many countries honey is harvested from the rock bee (or giant honeybee) Apis dorsata. The nests of this bee are very large, and the bees can be ferocious when their honey stores are raided. A recent article (T.R. Dutta, R. Ahmed and S.R. Abbas, Bee World 64, 158-163, 1983) described a very special plant which grows in the Andaman Islands, in the Bay of Bengal. What is Special about the plant is that it appears to have a tranquilising effect upon rock bees, and when native people on the South and Middle groups of the Andaman Islands go honey Hinting, they use the sap from the plant to quieten down the bees. Stems and leafstalks of the plant are squeezed so that the Sap comes out, and when the sap is then smeared over the body of the honey hunter, it protects him from being stung. The mangled stem can also be used to gently move the bees away from the honey storage area of comb which is going to be cut. The Latin name for the plant is Amomum aculeatum. Other plant species are known to be used similarly by the Nicobar Islanders - do you know of any plants in your country which also have this effect on bees?