Baglung. Dil Bahadur KC of Amlachaur of Baglung Municipality-12 is famous in beekeeping business. He is better known as beekeepers.

KC has started a beekeeping industry in Balewa. He has already invested Rs 10 million in beekeeping business, which started with an investment of Rs 10,000 in 2056 BS. Singo Balewa has also been known due to the beekeeping business established as an industry.

The number of beehives added through one÷ two hives has now reached 350 and 2,500 beehives are being sold annually in different districts across the country. KC’s two sons are making modern beehives by linking industry with technology.

“I am 60 years old and I will only take care of bees. Modern beehives are being produced by employing six more people under the leadership of their sons Jagat and Janak, and now the industry is working in full swing after the demand for 400 beehives from Chitwan,” KC said, adding, “Beehives are manufactured in this industry to be distributed on subsidy from different districts of the country. । ’

Of KC’s four sons, two are now following his father’s skills and sorrows. According to his son Jagat KC, he has been producing up to three quintals of honey annually and producing and selling 2,500 beehives in a year. At present, honey is being produced in 350 beehives in three grazing areas, he said.

“We have only managed baba’s beekeeping, baba has been keeping bees, later he has been making his own beehive as he knows the work of furniture, the demand for beehives has increased, we have helped to connect the industry with technology,” said his son Jagat. ’

KC cuts, connects and paints wood with modern equipment. Claiming that he had exported 236 ghars to Sikkim in India two years ago, he said the government has been producing shells and shellless ghars distributed in various districts at subsidized rates.

According to KC, bee hives were sold for Rs 10,000 and bee shellless bee hives for Rs 4,000 to Rs 5,000. 30 to 40 percent of the income has been saved. KC said that he made a profit of Rs 2.5 million by selling honey and beehives worth Rs 6.5 million in the last fiscal year.

The industry is spending millions of rupees on the purchase of tuni wood, electricity tariff and employee salary to produce beehives. The demand for tuni wood is high. KC said his industry could provide employment to hundreds of people if the local level could help in the market. “There is no problem in the production of grass, the paperwork for marketing is cumbersome,” he said.

Honey produced at Balewa Beekeeping Industry is being sold in the market for Rs 1,000 per kg. Baglung municipality has provided a grant of Rs 1.8 million to the industry, kc said.