The Faces to the Name

The Bilut Valley Bee Farm Team

Aniza, Aiman and Marzia

Marzia Mazlan, the co-owner of the company Trigona Gold Ventures which manages Bilut Valley Bee Farm is a graduate in Mass Communication. Typically, a young woman in her twenties like her who love fashion and cosmetics would opt for a glamourous career, what more in her field of studies. But her love for animals, nature and adventure reigned supreme and she surprised us when she chose  to work on the farm. She wasn't in the least bothered that she would get her skin dark or that she might get bitten by bugs. Snakes seen on the farm didn't deter her either, in fact she revelled in working in her straw hat and rubber boots.  

Marzia, which means the special one, lives up to her name.She is special in many ways, but the most evident is her ability to communicate with animals, her spontaneity and her sense of adventure. She is an expert in wet cupping, in which she would make light incisions on the skin and draw out blood using vacuum cups, and she has no qualms handling the blood in the cleaning process.

.Datin Aimi has been instrumental in the setting-up of Bilut Valley Bee Farm. She is also a co-owner of the company. We are so bleesed to have someone who believed in us when all we had was a dream. She is possibly the most benevolent person we have ever known; her sincerity and her positive outlook on people and life is simply inspirational. Her vivaciouness sets things in motion, and and she is loved by almost everyone who knows her.

Aiman has an engineering background and can be very creative and innovative. These traits are valuable in meliponiculture as this is a relatively new industry where trials and errors are still the name of the game. He manages the whole farm and his main concerns are primarily the well-being of the colonies, their hives and the toppings that are placed on top of the hives. This is the most crucial area and is not an easy task. He has become very knowledgeble in meliponiculture and he is mostly responsible for the almost 100% production rate achieved. His congeniality is such an asset to us, and we believe his new-found passion and commitment will take the company far. 

Mama loves to do everything on the farm - 
even sawing the logs.

Aniza had started to dream of her own bee farm when she learnt about the bees and their amazing behaviors at a seminar in 2010, organised by Universiti Sains Malaysia in Kelantan. An alternative medicine practitioner focussing on Islamic medicine, she prescribes honey as a remedy. But pure, raw honey is difficult to come by. Only between 10% to 20% of honey sold in the market is real honey - others are either adulterated or synthetic. With this in mind, she was determined to run her own farm, so she could be absolutely sure her patients are consuming the real stuff.

Equipped with an MBA and having worked overseas where she was in charge of multi-millon dollar projects, Fauziah brings invaluable knowledge on business and marketing.

Last but not least, there's Fauziah Shariif who has made quite a name for herself among the stingless beekeeper fraternity for her superb macro photography. But she has contributed much more than her images for Bilut Valley Bee Farm; her involvement can be said to be the main reason for the success we have achieved this far. Her invaluable knowledge and experience in Human Resource and Project Management has added a massive boost to our operations and production, besides her investment in the company.  She puts in a whole lot of work, time and effort  in her photogaphy, all in the name of education and knowledge. This gives her contentment and satisfaction. Fauziah, or Gee as she sometimes addresses herself, is a true gem.
 

Gee Shariff, Aniza and Marzia at the first Kelulut Expedition in Bukit Kor, Terengganu organised by Universiti Malaysia Terengganu