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Meadow Ridge Enterprises Ltd requires 5 Seasonal Apiary Harvest Labourers for the 2022 season. Meadow Ridge Enterprises is a commercial beekeeping and queen rearing operation. The full time seasonal positions are needed commencing in April and ending in October. Minimum one year beekeeping experience, with wage starting at $12.45 - $15.00 per hour dependent on experience. Potential to earn bonuses. Duties include: spring feeding, hive maintenance, grafting, raising new queens and building nucs. Supering hives, harvesting honey, extraction of honey, fall feeding, wrapping of colonies, equipment cleaning, repairing and yard maintenance. Must be able to work long hours, weekends and holidays in all kinds of outdoor weather. Job requires heavy lifting, a valid drivers license and a reliable vehicle to arrive to worksite. Meadow Ridge Enterprises is located 10 miles east of Saskatoon, NW 33-36-3-3.
Essential Skills
- Working with others
Transportation/Travel Information
- Own transportation
- Valid driver's licence
- Public transportation is not available
Credentials (certificates, licences, memberships, courses, etc.)
- Not applicable
Specific Skills
- Apiary Work
Type of Equipment
- Farm truck
Type of Farm Operations
- Beekeeping
Work Location Information
- Rural community
Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities
- Fast-paced environment
- Work under pressure
- Repetitive tasks
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking
- Standing for extended periods
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
Type of Automated Systems Experience
- Automated honey extractor
Work Site Environment
- Outdoors
- Wet/damp
- Noisy
- Dusty
- Hot