3 crore honey production in one ward
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He built a house in the village by spending 25 lakhs from the income of beekeeping. They are teaching their three children and have also bought a motorcycle to go around Bhandara, Lothar and Hetaunda markets. He also does social work in the village.
Dipan Chepang of Raksirang rural municipality-6 Kankada, who had trouble removing bees before beekeeping, is now in a position to help his neighbors. His life has changed from beekeeping.
Deepan, who started with 10 hives 5 years ago, has now reached 210 hives. Last year, he earned 1.5 million 30 thousand rupees by selling honey. He plans to sell more honey worth at least 18 lakh rupees this year. By the third week of January, he has sold 8 lakh worth of honey.
"Three lots of honey were harvested, three more lots were harvested," Dipan said, "This year the price is also good, the weather has also supported us." This year, honey is being sold from home at 350 rupees per kg. Local Aitaram Chepang, who raised 150 beehives, sold honey worth 600,000. He is also expected to earn at least 1.5 million by selling honey this year .
Raksirang-6 Honey produced by the Chepang family of Kakkada is sold at Jan Chetna Agricultural Cooperative Society in Lothar. The cooperative has been buying unprocessed honey and processing it with machines and selling it.
The demand for processed honey has increased widely. Dinesh Chepang, the market manager of the cooperative, said that they are buying at 350 rupees and selling up to 500 rupees after processing. Organizations including the Himalayan Honey Company of Kathmandu have been buying the honey collected by the cooperative in which only the Chepang community participates.
Dinesh said that 20 tons of honey has been sold this year and could not be delivered as per the demand. "Since production has also increased this year, it is estimated that 50 tons of honey will be sold," manager Chepang said. The cooperative sold 40 tons last year .
There are 5,500 beehives in Kakka this year. Last year, 80 farmers were involved in beekeeping and now there are more than 100. As the quality and taste of Chiuri honey is good, the demand has increased . Last year, the cooperative sold more than 20 million worth of honey. This year, it is estimated that the sale will be 3 crores.
Chiuri's honey is produced from November to the first week of March. This year Raksirang-6 cucumbers will earn 3 crore rupees annually from honey alone. In the past, the Chepang family used to carry honey and deliver it to Lothar. Farmers who bring bees from outside to graze used to earn 5 lakh to 1.5 lakh rupees annually by selling honey. For 2 years, the Chepang community here has banned the bringing of bees for grazing from outside.
The community forest user group of Silinge, where there is a forest of chiuri, used to charge a fee of 150 rupees from those who brought bees from outside to graze, while the landowner used to charge 100 rupees.
'We have completely stopped bringing in bees from outside for two years,' former ward president Silhanlal Chepang said, 'locals have not only started beekeeping commercially, they have already started getting good income.' There are more than 250,000 pine trees in Kakka alone. Locals have been conducting a campaign for four years to protect Chiuri, which is connected to the culture and life of the Chepang community.
