Selim Reza with Tanvir Ahmed, Sirajganj :
Bee keepers of Sirajganj are busy to collect honey from the mustard flower as the field enclosed in bee’s humming. This year, more than three hundred bee farmers are working to amass 2 thousand tons of honey as target from mustard field throughout the district.
In this connection, they have made temporary honey collecting farm setting up tent and placing several boxes next to the mustard field as the surroundings are buzzing with the murmur sound of bees. This is the common scenario of honey collecting in each upazila of the district.
As the beekeepers are benefiting by collecting honey with bee farming in the patronization of the agriculture department, on the other hand, the farmers are getting more yield of mustard as a result of pollination of the bees. However, the beekeepers said that they can’t collect honey as demand due to unfavorable weather condition.
Besides, being transparently self-reliant by turning the wheel of their fortunes by collecting honey with bees, hundreds of unemployed youths are making huge contributions to the economy of the country. Abdur Rashid, president of the Sirajganj Bee Farming Cooperative Association, has been involved in bee cultivation for over 20 years.
He said to this reporter, “In this season I will collect about 5 tones of honey from my farm. Excluding all expenses, I will earn around 2 to 1 lakh taka selling it in local market. He also demanded financial support and government sponsorship for the development of honey industry like others.
The collected high quality honey is being sold in wholesale market for taka 200-250. According to the Agriculture Office sources, “about 25 thousand bee boxes have been installed in the district this year. We hope that this year Sirajganj district will be the first across the country to produce the highest honey.”
However, they are afraid of losses for not getting the desirable price of honey. Ashraful Islam, a bee farmer of Tarash upazila said, “To collect honey, wholesaler and businessmen from different places started to come in Sirajganj. However, due to lack of proper management of honey preservation, processing and marketing, farmers are not getting the desirable price, he also added.
Bee keepers of Sirajganj are busy to collect honey from the mustard flower as the field enclosed in bee’s humming. This year, more than three hundred bee farmers are working to amass 2 thousand tons of honey as target from mustard field throughout the district.
In this connection, they have made temporary honey collecting farm setting up tent and placing several boxes next to the mustard field as the surroundings are buzzing with the murmur sound of bees. This is the common scenario of honey collecting in each upazila of the district.
As the beekeepers are benefiting by collecting honey with bee farming in the patronization of the agriculture department, on the other hand, the farmers are getting more yield of mustard as a result of pollination of the bees. However, the beekeepers said that they can’t collect honey as demand due to unfavorable weather condition.
Besides, being transparently self-reliant by turning the wheel of their fortunes by collecting honey with bees, hundreds of unemployed youths are making huge contributions to the economy of the country. Abdur Rashid, president of the Sirajganj Bee Farming Cooperative Association, has been involved in bee cultivation for over 20 years.
He said to this reporter, “In this season I will collect about 5 tones of honey from my farm. Excluding all expenses, I will earn around 2 to 1 lakh taka selling it in local market. He also demanded financial support and government sponsorship for the development of honey industry like others.
The collected high quality honey is being sold in wholesale market for taka 200-250. According to the Agriculture Office sources, “about 25 thousand bee boxes have been installed in the district this year. We hope that this year Sirajganj district will be the first across the country to produce the highest honey.”
However, they are afraid of losses for not getting the desirable price of honey. Ashraful Islam, a bee farmer of Tarash upazila said, “To collect honey, wholesaler and businessmen from different places started to come in Sirajganj. However, due to lack of proper management of honey preservation, processing and marketing, farmers are not getting the desirable price, he also added.
