Queen Bee Rearer

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Passionate about bees? experience rearing Queen bees? Seven month fixed term contract September - March 2019.

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Company: HR Connect Ltd

Location: Waikato

Work type: Contract/Temp

Salary: n\a

Phone: +64-6-723-2033

Fax: +64-3-376-8148

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  • Passionate about Queen Bees?
  • Seven month fixed term contract

Our client a Waikato-based commercial producer of high quality queen cells and mated queens is looking for an experiencedQueen Rearer to fill a 7 month fixed term contract (September 2018 to March 2019). 

To meet the requirements of this role, you must:

  • Not be allergic to bees!
  • Be interested, passionate and happy about bees
  • Have a minimum of 2 Seasons commercial queen rearing experience
  • Have a steady hand, a keen eye and patience for grafting larvae
  • Experience with catching mated queens and hive maintenance
  • Be physically fit and able to lift 20kg+
  • Be available to work 7 days, including rostered weekends during the peak season
  • Be confident working on farms and operating vehicles on farms
  • Have good written and verbal communication skills
  • Be a positive team player and willing to adapt to a changing environment
  • Hold a current, clean NZ Driver’s licence

The key tasks of the role are:

  • Grafting larvae
  • Harvesting queen cells
  • Catching mated queen bees
  • Day to day operational support of bee activity including; Setting up and maintaining hives, disease prevention and monitoring
  • All aspects of equipment maintenance and organisation
  • Customer service for pickup of queen cells and packaging mated  queens for delivery
  • Assisting with honey collection and extraction if required

To apply for this role you must be able to legally work full-time in New Zealand. Please note our pre-employment process may include a drug and alcohol test and a Ministry of Justice check.

If you have great communication skills, a positive attitude and a good sense of humour you’ll fit right in with us! And if this role sounds like a bit of you, we’d love to see your cover letter and CV.  Please apply via the link below.

 

 

 

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