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Apiary Technician

Employer

Greidanus Honey Mill

Date Posted

September 16, 2026

Languages

English
  • Location High River, AB
  • Earnings $19.00 to $19.76 hourly (to be negotiated)
  • Work Hours 40 to 60 hours per week
  • Position Seasonal Full Time
  • Vacancies 5  Vacancies
  • Closing Date Sep 30, 2026
Job Requirements

Employer

Greidanus Honey Mill

Languages

English

Education

No degree, certificate or diploma

Work site environment

  • Outdoors
  • Dusty
  • Hot
  • Noisy
  • Odours
  • Wet/damp
  • Dirty

Work setting

Staff accommodation available

Tasks

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

Apiary and honey harvesting experience

  • Detect bee diseases
  • 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
  • Automated honey extractor
  • Apiary management
  • Harvesting honey
  • Honey farm

Equipment and machinery experience

  • Farm truck
  • Forklift

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
  • Ability to distinguish between colours
  • Sound discrimination
  • Sitting
  • Standing for extended periods
  • Walking
  • Bending, crouching, kneeling

Personal suitability

  • Excellent oral communication
  • Organized
  • Team player
  • Efficient interpersonal skills
  • Flexibility
  • Judgement

Screening questions

  • Are you available to start on the date listed in the job posting?
  • Do you have experience working in this field?
  • Do you meet the language requirements listed in the job posting for the position (English or French)?

Employment terms options

Early morning

Government programs

Recognized employer

Employment terms options

  • Evening
  • Flexible hours
  • Morning

Experience

5 years or more

Employment terms options

  • Night
  • On call
  • Day
  • Weekend
  • Overtime available

Other benefits

On-site housing options


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Interest Codes & Abilities
The Apiary Technician 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

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

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