BSS :
Honeybee collectors are passing a busy time, and the locality is abuzz with beekeeping as entrepreneurs from various parts of the country are considering honey collecting as a prospectus as well as a lucrative profession.
According to the Department of Agricultural Extension (DAE), beekeeping is gradually escalating in the district, located in the north-central part of the country, due to honey’s high demand and worthwhile profits.
DAE sources said honey collectors have already accumulated 10,530 kilograms of honey from the mustard field, for which the locality has worn an eye-catching and soothing yellowish look in the district till December 30.
Honey collectors set up 7,287 beehives, used for honey production, pollinating crops, and other purposes, to collect honey from mustard fields during the current season.
According to DAE sources, farmers in the district cultivated mustard on 41,550 hectares of land this season, but honey is being collected from 4,615 hectares of land mustard field.
About 45 honey collectors, hailed from various districts, set up beehives at all the seven upazilas in the district, the DAE sources said.
The honey collectors set up 2,812 beehives in Islampur upazila, 1,105 in Melandah, 1,100 in Sarishabari, 780 in Madarganj, 1,050 in Bakshiganj, 230 in Dewanganj, and 210 bee boxes in Jamalpur Sadar upazila.
