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From mustard to honey: Sreenagar's 'Moti Modhu' revolution

A bee farming project has been established in the village of Madankhali in Munshiganj's Sreenagar, centring several hundred acres of mustard fields. The area is now abuzz with honey collection activities, and the produce is marketed as 'Moti Modhu'.

Honey is being cultivated in 70 boxes lining the vast mustard fields. The honey extracted through this project has also gained considerable popularity. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Honey is being cultivated in 70 boxes lining the vast mustard fields. The honey extracted through this project has also gained considerable popularity. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Each wooden box used for honey cultivation features an entrance at the bottom, allowing bees to freely enter and exit the box. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Each wooden box used for honey cultivation features an entrance at the bottom, allowing bees to freely enter and exit the box. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Farmers are immersed in the bustling activities of the bee farming project in Sreenagar's Madankhali village. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Farmers are immersed in the bustling activities of the bee farming project in Sreenagar's Madankhali village. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The bee farming project in Sreenagar's Madankhali village is abuzz with 10,000-12,000 bees housed in wooden boxes. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The bee farming project in Sreenagar's Madankhali village is abuzz with 10,000-12,000 bees housed in wooden boxes. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Inside a wooden frame, there's a wax house where the queen bee lays one egg every minute. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Inside a wooden frame, there's a wax house where the queen bee lays one egg every minute. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A typical wooden bee box is composed of seven or eight frames, featuring both brood and super chambers designed for bee breeding and honey storage. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A typical wooden bee box is composed of seven or eight frames, featuring both brood and super chambers designed for bee breeding and honey storage. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
At the heart of the operation is the queen bee, housed in the box for breeding purposes. She lays approximately 1200 eggs daily. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
At the heart of the operation is the queen bee, housed in the box for breeding purposes. She lays approximately 1200 eggs daily. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Twenty-one days after the queen bee lays her eggs, worker bees emerge from these sealed cells. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Twenty-one days after the queen bee lays her eggs, worker bees emerge from these sealed cells. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A farmer is assessing if there is a sufficient quantity of honey at the 'Moti Modhu' bee farming project in Munshiganj's Sreenagar. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
A farmer is assessing if there is a sufficient quantity of honey at the 'Moti Modhu' bee farming project in Munshiganj's Sreenagar. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The period for harvesting honey from mustard flowers spans one and a half months. During this time, as long as the mustard blooms persist, the collection of honey will proceed. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
The period for harvesting honey from mustard flowers spans one and a half months. During this time, as long as the mustard blooms persist, the collection of honey will proceed. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Farmers harvest seven to eight maunds of honey weekly from 70 bee boxes at the Moti Modhu bee farming project in Munshiganj's Sreenagar. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Farmers harvest seven to eight maunds of honey weekly from 70 bee boxes at the Moti Modhu bee farming project in Munshiganj's Sreenagar. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
This wooden frame is brimming with honey harvested at the 'Moti Modhu' bee farming project situated in the village of Madankhali in Munshiganj's Sreenagar. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
This wooden frame is brimming with honey harvested at the 'Moti Modhu' bee farming project situated in the village of Madankhali in Munshiganj's Sreenagar. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Masun is busy collecting honey for the 'Moti Modhu' bee farming project in Munshiganj's Sreenagar. He has dedicated 10 years to working on this project. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
Masun is busy collecting honey for the 'Moti Modhu' bee farming project in Munshiganj's Sreenagar. He has dedicated 10 years to working on this project. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

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Published : 28 Dec 2023, 03:16 PM

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