Bee house

Bee house

SS Fashion Wear, a clothing factory in Chattogram city, has achieved success in keeping bees on the roof garden of their 10-storey office building. In the photo, honey bee researcher Mainul Anwar and Managing Director of SS Fashion Shahjahan Liton are seen tending bees in the garden on 17 August. Photo: Mohammad Minhaj Uddin

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The ‘bee house’ in Satkhira has some 26 large beehives hanging from several parts of the house. The bees stay in their hives from November to June every year. Photo: TBS

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