Beekeeper
We are recruiting for a skilled volunteer Beekeeper to raise and care for our honeybee colonies. As a Beekeeper, you will be responsible for building and maintaining beehives, inducting wild swarms, collecting honey and royal jelly, removing hive parasites, and maintaining the health of the hive. You may also be required to sterilise or destroy hives and cultivate queen bees for commercial purposes.
To ensure success as a Beekeeper, you should have a passion for beekeeping, the ability to stay calm under pressure, and a desire to work outdoors. Ultimately, a first class Beekeeper maintains healthy hives and produces high-quality honeybee products.
Beekeeper Duties
- Proven work experience as a Beekeeper.
- Excellent knowledge of plant and animal biology.
- Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
- Basic woodworking skills.
- Able to lift heavy objects.
- Will to work flexible hours.
- Happy to work unsupervised.
- Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions
Beekeeper Requirements
- Assemble beehives to desired specifications.
- Insert honeycombs and induct wild swarms into prepared hives.
- Force bees from a hive using a smoke pot to inspect the hive and retrieve honey.
- Collect honey and royal jelly.
- Destroy excess queen bee cells to prevent the division of a colony.
- Scrap out hive parasites and removing vermin.
- Destroy diseased bee colonies.
- Cultivate queen bees for sale to other Apiarists.
- Arrange the sale of honey.
- Splitting colonies.
- Proven work experience as a Beekeeper.
- Excellent knowledge of plant and animal biology.
- Ability to remain calm in stressful situations.
- Basic woodworking skills.
- Able to lift heavy objects.
- Will to work flexible hours.
- Happy to work unsupervised.
- Ability to work outdoors in all weather conditions.
