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Basic beekeeping training conducted at RDC Jakar

Basic beekeeping training conducted at RDC Jakar

Forty participants attended a basic training on beekeeping at RDC Jakar conducted jointly with the Beekeepers’ Cooperatives of Bhutan (BeCoB). Participants included the BeCoB members and interested farmers, few of them with an educational background.

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The ‘Honey Village’ of Jigme Chhoeling

The ‘Honey Village’ of Jigme Chhoeling

More people in Jigme Chhoeling Gewog in Sarpang are rearing bees. Almost every household owns beehives. Known as ‘honey village’, the locals here were trained to use hive with open top and moveable frames. Of 150 households, more than 90% of them are into the beekeeping business.

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Honey Makes Good Money

Honey Makes Good Money

The Beekeepers’ Cooperative of Bumthang is finding it difficult to meet the ever-increasing demand for honey. Currently, honey produced in Bumthang is not sufficient even for the local market. And there are already demands coming from outside the country.

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