An approach to beekeeping in a gender key

Abstract

Beekeeping is an activity with sociocultural, economic and ecological value. In Argentina, the main product of the hive is honey. The framework research aims to develop a diagnosis with a gender perspective on the activity. The complexity of the phenomenon demands a triangulation of qualitative and quantitative data. Here we present the latter, collected through two questionnaires during five months of field work carried out during the year 2023. Among the main results we can mention that beekeeping appears as a masculinized activity, although there is predominantly female participation in production tasks. and product sales. It is an activity considered vocational and family, generally managed by two people with low levels of productivity records. The majority of producers do not participate in beekeeping cooperatives, nor do they have their own honey extraction rooms.