To accomplish this, it teams up with the ratel. ratel are a perfect match to the honeyguide as they love honey,are large enough to crack open a hive, but have no ability to find hives themselves. the honeyguide flies over grasslands looking for a hive. when it does spot a hive, it swoops down and a makes a noise to alert the ratel. the ratel uses its claws to tear open the hive. after eating its fill,the ratel invites the honeyguide to finish the leftovers.
Another two animal that team up to compensate for their own weaknesses are the zebra and the ostrich. these two animals often travel together. this is no surprise since they are a perfect match. while the giant, flightless ostrich has poor senses of both smell and hearing the zebra has acute senses of smell and hearing.