Balparmak Receives "Women-Friendly Brands" Award

Balparmak, a company that has delivered honey and bee products in their most natural and healthy form to tables since its establishment, became the recipient of the "Women-Friendly Brands 2021 Consumer Special Award" through its Beekeeping Academy project, organized by the Women-Friendly Brands Platform. The "Women-Friendly Brands 2021 Consumer Special Awards," organized by the Women-Friendly Brands Platform which brings together social responsibility projects implemented by brands in areas such as education, health, sports, technology, employment and gender equality with the aim of promoting social equality of opportunity, women's empowerment and support, found their recipients at a ceremony held on 8 March, International Women's Day. Balparmak, which has delivered honey and bee products in their most natural and healthy form to tables for 40 years, was deemed worthy of the Women-Friendly Brands 2021 Consumer Special Award through its "Beekeeping Academy," established with contributions from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), with the aim of contributing to the sustainability of the beekeeping profession by bringing women and youth from rural development regions into the sector and supporting increased production of value-added bee products such as royal jelly, pollen and propolis alongside honey. [caption id="attachment_123538" align="aligncenter"] Emel Damarlı[/caption]

Balparmak brings women beekeepers to the sector through its Beekeeping Academy

Dr. Emel Damarlı, Research and Development and Quality Director at Balparmak, stated that they are experiencing the joy of winning such an award through the choice of women, and emphasized that the Balparmak Beekeeping Academy plays an important role in steering women toward beekeeping, a profession they do not frequently choose. Damarlı shared the following information regarding the Beekeeping Academy: "In Turkey, beekeeping is practiced as a hereditary profession. With the Beekeeping Academy we established in 2018, we aim to move beyond viewing beekeeping solely as a hereditary profession, particularly bringing women and youth into the sector. At the Balparmak Beekeeping Academy, we provide training on the most fundamental subjects that ensure quality production in the beekeeping profession and the sustainability of the profession, such as bee life and biology, colony care and management, bee diseases, queen bee production, bee product production, beekeeping equipment, regulations and nectar-bearing plants. To date, we have brought 104 aspiring beekeepers into the profession, 52 of whom are women. We are currently continuing our work in Muğla, providing training to 25 beekeepers from Muğla. We will equip the beekeepers who participate in these trainings together with their spouses with the knowledge they need to enable them to carry out productive production, update their existing knowledge and continue production under healthy and hygienic conditions."