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What workedA commercial beekeeper in Sharsha, Jashore, in a Bangla Tribune report · Started in 2007

250 bee boxes, and 2.5 to 3 lakh taka a year

Commercial beekeeping since 2007: around 250 boxes, about 2 kg of honey per colony every seven days, sold at 800-1,000 taka a kg, leaving 2.5 to 3 lakh taka a year after expenses.

This beekeeper in Sharsha, Jashore, started commercially in 2007 and has fifteen years in the trade. He keeps around 250 boxes, moving them to mustard and boroi blossom in winter - the boxes follow whatever is in flower, and that is what keeps the operation earning through the year. Honey is taken every seven days, roughly 2 kg per colony, with three hired workers. It sells at 800 to 1,000 taka a kg and leaves two and a half to three lakh taka a year after every expense. He reckons 50,000 to 100,000 taka is enough to start, but insists the training has to come before the money.

Lessons

  1. 1.Moving the boxes to whatever is in flower is what keeps a beekeeping operation earning all year
  2. 2.Take the training before buying boxes: bee colonies die fast in untrained hands

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