Around 26910 kilograms of honey were collected from mustard fields in Jamalpur district this year.
Department of Agriculture Extension (DAE) officials on Wednesday said honey collectors installed 3439 boxes in mustard fields for collecting honey during this Robi season.
“Farmers already collected 26910 kilograms honey worth about Tk 10 million,” they added.
The farmers also posted cultivating mustard on 17290 hectares of land, although honey was collected from just 3750 hectares of the field, reports BSS.
Most of the honey was collected from Bakshiganj upazila, officials said.
In Bakshiganj upazila, 13200-kg honey was collected by setting up 850 boxes on 900 hectares of land, 5000-kg from Sarishabari upazila, 4850-kg from Islampur, 900-kg from Melandaha, 1760-kg from Dewanganj and 1200-kg from Madarganj.