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Research Paper About Beekeeping

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Two respondents (16.66%) belong to the age groups of 50 to 60, and 71 to 80 years old and are in their mature and late adulthood stages, respectively. They are already established both in work and in life. They prefer volunteerism, mentorship and other forms of humanity benevolence. Being in the stage that already has acquired a rich repository of experiences, they want thrills and challenges to make life happier by venturing into unusual projects while reaping benefits.
The findings present that there are no adolescents who ventured into beekeeping. Only the adult population of the community wanted to experience the risks of the business. This reveals that beekeeping is a business or an enterprise common for adult individuals of the community, not the young members of the society.
Sex. Meanwhile, more than half (66.67%) of the respondents were male, only 33.33 % were female. The predominance of male beekeeper-entrepreneurs is associated with the observed traditional Filipino practice where males are categorized into more dominating roles in the society which includes the definition of a father who is the family’s breadwinner. However, in this modern time, women are not confined in accomplishing household chores nor just having feminine jobs. The presence of females among the respondents shows the growing trend that gender differences is not a …show more content…

More than three-fourths (83.34%) of the respondents have 1 to 2 (41.67%) and 3 to 4 (41.67%) children. Only one respondent has 1 child (8.33%) and the other one has no child. The existence of children is interconnected with the ages and civil status of the respondents who are adults and married individuals. The desired family size for Filipinos is 2.8 children. Ideal family size varies by region. From this, the number of children of the respondents’ of this study is ideal considering it ranges from 1 to 2 and 3 to 4 (NSO, 2008). However, there is no right or wrong in having one or no child at

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