Honey collection gets momentum in Manikganj

MANIKGANJ, Dec 25 (BSS): About 100 commercial honey collectors are passing busy days in collecting honey from the blooming flowers of mustard in Manikganj district.

The honey collectors from the outsides of Manikganj district are running from one mustard field to another in the seven upazilas of the district with their bee boxes.

During a recent visit to mustard fields in the district, this correspondent found that many honey collectors set up bee boxes in the fields aiming to collect honey.

Abdul Gafur (56), who came from Sirajganj with his younger son, said they are expecting to collect 20 mounds of honey during this winter season.

Homey collection is their seasonal occupation and they have been collecting honey from Manikganj for 10 years, he said.

Honey collectors of Jamalpur, Gazipur, Pabna, Satkhira, Narayanganj, Kushtia and Sirajganj came to Manikganj this season and they are now collecting honey from the mustard fields across the district.

Rashed Ali, another honey collector hailed from Kushtia, said they sell their honey at different parts of Dhaka at Tk 8,000 to Tk 10,000 per mound.