Local ecological knowledge produces positive returns to individuals via the cultural transmission of adaptive behaviors. Since social learning does not exist in a vacuum, locating behavioral transmission patterns in real-world settings informs our theory about salient human contexts such as cultural settings, individual heterogeneity in age and learning ability, and the complex interactions between learning strategies and local ecologies. I examine factors at the population- and individual-levels in a South Indian honey collecting tribe that are contributing to the persistence or loss of local knowledge over time. I will evaluate data from 196 individuals (aged 6 - 65 years) who participated in skills tests and interviews about local ecological knowledge related to collecting wild honey.