Beekeeping in mustard fields

Published: 05 Jan 2022 16:01 BdST Updated: 05 Jan 2022 16:01 BdST

Farmers are cultivating seasonal honey in the vast mustard field in Manikganj’s Harirampur. Bees collect honey in the few months of the winter season when the bright yellow flowers are in full bloom. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi
  • Beekeeping and honey cultivation in the mustard fields of Nabagram in Manikganj’s Harirampur. A worker checks for honey in a man-made hive. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    Beekeeping and honey cultivation in the mustard fields of Nabagram in Manikganj’s Harirampur. A worker checks for honey in a man-made hive. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • A view of a honey bee farm on a mustard field at Nabagram area in Manikganj’s Harirampur. Farmers collect honey extracted from mustard flowers as part of a beekeeping project. They only keep bees in the winter season, when the bright yellow mustard flowers are in full bloom. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    A view of a honey bee farm on a mustard field at Nabagram area in Manikganj’s Harirampur. Farmers collect honey extracted from mustard flowers as part of a beekeeping project. They only keep bees in the winter season, when the bright yellow mustard flowers are in full bloom. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • A beekeeper maintains a beehive in a bee farming project in the Nabagram area of Manikganj’s Harirampur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    A beekeeper maintains a beehive in a bee farming project in the Nabagram area of Manikganj’s Harirampur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • A view of a honey bee farm on a mustard field at Nabagram area in Manikganj’s Harirampur. Farmers collect honey extracted from mustard flowers as part of a beekeeping project. They only keep bees in the winter season, when the bright yellow mustard flowers are in full bloom. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    A view of a honey bee farm on a mustard field at Nabagram area in Manikganj’s Harirampur. Farmers collect honey extracted from mustard flowers as part of a beekeeping project. They only keep bees in the winter season, when the bright yellow mustard flowers are in full bloom. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • A beekeeper maintains a beehive in a bee farming project in the Nabagram area of Manikganj’s Harirampur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    A beekeeper maintains a beehive in a bee farming project in the Nabagram area of Manikganj’s Harirampur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • A worker checks if there is enough honey accumulated to extract before breaking a beehive in Manikganj’s Harirampur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    A worker checks if there is enough honey accumulated to extract before breaking a beehive in Manikganj’s Harirampur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • A worker checks if there is enough honey accumulated to extract before breaking a beehive in Manikganj’s Harirampur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    A worker checks if there is enough honey accumulated to extract before breaking a beehive in Manikganj’s Harirampur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • A worker checks if there is enough honey accumulated to extract before breaking a beehive in Manikganj’s Harirampur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    A worker checks if there is enough honey accumulated to extract before breaking a beehive in Manikganj’s Harirampur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • A beekeeper collects honey by inserting a knife into the honey extracting machine. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    A beekeeper collects honey by inserting a knife into the honey extracting machine. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • Md Ismail Hossain, a beekeeper, has set up boxes to collect honey next to a vast mustard field at Nabagram in Manikganj’s Harirampur. He sells honey from this project to wholesalers in the market. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    Md Ismail Hossain, a beekeeper, has set up boxes to collect honey next to a vast mustard field at Nabagram in Manikganj’s Harirampur. He sells honey from this project to wholesalers in the market. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • A beekeeper collects honey by inserting a knife into the honey extracting machine. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    A beekeeper collects honey by inserting a knife into the honey extracting machine. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

  • Farmers are busy taking care of beehives and collecting honey from mustard fields as part of a beekeeping project in the Nabagram area of Manikganj’s Harirampur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

    Farmers are busy taking care of beehives and collecting honey from mustard fields as part of a beekeeping project in the Nabagram area of Manikganj’s Harirampur. Photo: Mahmud Zaman Ovi

 

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