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Job Details

Apiary Worker

Employer

Busy Bee Farm Ltd.

Date Posted

September 23, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location Hay Lakes, AB
  • Earnings $18.50 to $23.00 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 45 to 80 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 12  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Oct 07, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Busy Bee Farm Ltd.

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Hot
  • All weather conditions

Work setting

Rural area

Tasks

  • Maintain the bee yard and beekeeping equipment
  • Harvest crops
  • Operate and maintain farm machinery and equipment
  • Interac with bees based on your knowledge of their biology, behaviour, ecology and caste system

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

  • Harvesting honey
  • Automated honey extractor
  • Honey farm

Work conditions and physical capabilities

  • Fast-paced environment
  • Work under pressure
  • Tight deadlines
  • Physically demanding
  • Repetitive tasks
  • Attention to detail
  • Handling heavy loads
  • Combination of sitting, standing, walking
  • Hand-eye co-ordination
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Own tools/equipment

  • Steel-toed safety boots
  • Gloves

Personal suitability

  • Team player
  • Flexibility
  • Reliability
  • Quick learner

Screening questions

Do you have experience working in this field?

Employment terms options

Early morning

Government programs

Recognized employer

Employment terms options

Evening

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Employment terms options

  • Morning
  • Night
  • On call
  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Overtime required

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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Apiary Worker is part of the following larger National Occupational Classification (NOC).

Interest Codes

General Farm Workers
METHODICAL

Interest in comparing information to examine produce for quality and prepare for market, to feed and tend livestock and poultry, and to clean stables, barns, barnyards and pens; and to set and monitor water lines, air flow and temperature in barns, pens and chicken coops

OBJECTIVE

Interest in driving - operating and maintaining farm machinery and equipment

innovative

Interest in detecting disease and health problems in crops, livestock and poultry

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Motor Coordination

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