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CHITWAN, May 21: Honey production has decreased in Chitwan district this year as compared to last year. The authorities shared that the district witnessed more than a 16 percent decline in honey production this year.
The chief of the Beekeeping Development Centre in Bhandara, Sujan Amgain, stated that a total of 450 metric tonnes of honey was produced this year against 540 metric tonnes last year. Nearly 450 commercial farmers have kept more than 17,500 beehives in the district.
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It is said that the unseasonal rain that occurred this year resulted in reduced production of honey. Limited production of mustard and chiyuri due to the unseasonal rain that happened this year caused a decline in honey production, Amgain added.
Generally, farmers harvest honey three times in the mustard fields and five times in the chiyuri forest areas, but this was heavily reduced this year. This year, only 30 per cent of the total beekeepers harvested honey from mustard and chiyuri farms, against 70 per cent last year.
