JAJARKOT: Beekeepers of Kalpat of Nalgad Municipality-1 has started exporting their home-made honey to the international market. Nahakuli Organic Herbal Agro Pvt. Ltd has started exporting the local products in the international market. The company has already collected 2,000 kgs of honey to export in Australia, America, United Arab Emirates and South Korea.

With the growing demand of honey in the market, the traders have increased the price to Rs. 700 per kg.

Hari Bahadur Budha, the manager of the company informed that Super World Traders has assessed the quality and the weight of the honey for its export to the international market. The company is waiting for the consignment papers from the Division Forest Office.

The Chief of the Nalgad Agriculture Branch Office, Mahesh Kumar Bista said honey production in Nalgad has increased by 15 per cent this year as compared to last year. Honey production in the district last year was 20 metric tons. Similarly, with the growing demand of honey in the market, the traders have increased the price to Rs. 700 per kg. Earlier, the price was Rs. 500.

The beekeepers in Jajarkot have been doing commercial bee-keeping since three decades and the Nalgad municipality has declared the Kalpat area as the pocket area for honey production in a bid to promote commercial bee keeping.