Producers
Abdullah Gazi
Wild-honey collector (moual)
Sutarkhali village, Dacope upazila, Bangladesh
Abdullah Gazi is a publicly profiled Sundarbans honey collector, known locally as a moual, based in Sutarkhali village in Dacope upazila, Bangladesh. A May 2026 feature reports that he has collected honey in the Sundarbans for nearly three decades, leading a small permit-holding team on seasonal forest expeditions. No public evidence identifies a registered business, retail brand, packaged product line, or official producer website.
About the Producer
A little history
A May 2026 feature reported that Abdullah Gazi had collected honey in the Sundarbans for nearly three decades. He described entering the forest with his father as a child.
How They Work
Beekeeping in practice
Seasonal, permit-based wild-honey collection by a small team of family members and relatives. The reported team includes six or seven people, and expeditions may last from about one to fifteen days, depending on harvest success.
Sutarkhali village, Dacope upazila, Bangladesh
Reported home village of Abdullah Gazi.
Sundarbans Reserved Forest, Bangladesh
Gazi is reported to harvest honey from the Sundarbans. A Bangladesh forestry-sector report identifies honey as a non-wood forest product of the Sundarbans Reserved Forest and describes regulated honey hunting there.
Products & Specimens
What connects to this producer
Products listed by the Producer are kept separate from specimens held in the Collection.
Unnamed wild Sundarbans honey
Documented origin: Sundarbans, Bangladesh
Origin detail: Region
Gazi is specifically reported as harvesting honey from the Sundarbans. No named, packaged, or specimen-specific honey product was located; no floral source can be assigned to his own harvest from the available evidence.
People
People connected to the work
- Abdullah Gazi Wild-honey collector (moual)
Practices
How they work
- Uses official permits for seasonal entries into the Sundarbans.
- Locates wild hives by remembered prior hive locations and, at times, by listening for bee hum; the reported team leaves one person at the boat while others search on foot.