Sankhuwasabha Municipality Distributes Subsidized Beehives to Boost Beekeeping Income

Sankhuwasabha. Sankhuwasabha Municipality has distributed beehives complete with bees under a subsidy program with the objective of increasing farmers' income and promoting commercial beekeeping.

Beehives complete with bees were distributed to farmers within Khandbari Municipality with the aim of making them self-reliant. With the objective of increasing farmers' income and promoting commercial beekeeping, Sankhuwasabha Municipality distributed beehives complete with bees to farmers at a 50 percent subsidy. Khandbari Municipality Mayor Mahesh Thapaliya stated that the municipality handed over 90 beehives complete with bees to farmer groups and individual farmers during a program. He added that the municipality distributed the beehives complete with bees to develop beekeeping not just as an alternative but as a primary source of income.