Apiary Technician

Work site environment

• All weather conditions

Work setting

• Rural area
• Staff accommodation available

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
• Work with honey bees
• Clean and maintain equipment

Experience and specialization

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

• Detect bee diseases
• Extract honey manually
• Harvest, extract and package honey and beeswax
• Manage bee colonies for the production of honey and pollination purposes.
• Manage the overall operations of a bee farm
• Oversee the honey extraction
• Treat bees with antibiotics
• Apiary management

Additional information

Work conditions and physical capabilities

• Handling heavy loads
• Bending, crouching, kneeling

Weight handling

• Up to 23 kg (50 lbs)

Personal suitability

• Team player