Beekeeper
- Cookstown, ON, L0L 1L0, Canada
On-site
From $21 CAD / hour · Full-time · Temporary
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Job details
- Pay
- From $21 CAD / hour
- Job type
- Full-time · Temporary
- Workplace
- On-site
- Working hours
- 40 to 50 hours per week
- Posting language
- English
- Posted
Original job description
- Location Cookstown, ONL0L 1L0
- Work location On site
- Salary$21.00HOUR hourly / 40 to 50 hours per week
- Terms of employment Seasonal employmentFull time
- Morning, Day, Evening, Weekend
- Starts as early as 2027-03-21
- vacancies 1 vacancy
- Source Job Bank #3678856
Overview
Languages
English
Education
- Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
Experience
1 year to less than 2 years
On site
Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site environment
- Other miscellaneous animal farming
- Hot
- Outdoors
- Livestock
Responsibilities
Tasks
- Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system
- Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
- Weeding
- Work with honey bees
- Maintain farm machinery, equipment and buildings
- Perform general farm duties
Experience and specialization
Apiary and honey harvesting experience
- Apiary management
- Automated honey extractor
- Detect bee diseases
- Extract honey manually
- Hypothesize possible causes and solutions to colony collapse disorder (CCD) based on knowledge of bee behaviour, biology and cast system
- Manage bee colonies for the production of honey and pollination purposes.
- Treat bees with antibiotics
- Queen bee production from grafting
- Manage a set of measures designed to protect a beekeeper’s honey bees from the entry and spread of pests
Additional information
Security and safety
- Bondable
- Driver's validity licence check
Transportation/travel information
- Own vehicle
- Valid driver's licence
Work conditions and physical capabilities
- Attention to detail
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- Fast-paced environment
- Hand-eye co-ordination
- Handling heavy loads
- Large workload
- Manual dexterity
- Physically demanding
- Standing for extended periods
- Tight deadlines
- Work under pressure
Personal suitability
- Efficient interpersonal skills
- Excellent oral communication
- Flexibility
- Initiative
- Judgement
- Organized
- Team player
- Values and ethics