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Busy at Work!!

Mustard fields and flowers, honey bees, the cute little birds called Shui Chora (Bee Eater) and finally this photographer, and others like him, are all linked to this chain!!.

 

Mustard is grown during winter season in Bangladesh. As the flowers bloom honey bees get busy to extract nectar from them. Those who are involved in 'apiculture' set up boxes with colonies of honey bees alongside mustard fields. It is said that honey that bees extract from mustard has special therapeutic values!

 

It is also the time for these little green colored birds to get busy. They are the nemesis of honey bees; they move fast thru the air to catch the bees and are quite difficult to catch them on camera!

 

Like many others, this photographer also patiently waits for mustard honey to hit the market. The mustard flowers will be gone in about 2-3 weeks’ time!

 

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Uploaded on January 7, 2013
Taken on January 6, 2013