Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.
Work site setting
- 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
📌 Beekeeper (Ottawa)
🏢 Innisfil Creek Honey
📍 Ottawa
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