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Location: Canterbury,New Zealand
Company: Hantz Honey
Experience: Executive
Highest Level of Education: High School Diploma



Job Responsibilities
Day by day management of beehives, raising queen bees, shifting hives for pollination, 45-50 hours a week.
Job Requirements
Training on the job.
Uppers
Working out in the farms meeting the farmers.
Downers
Early starts & late nigths & long hours during the summer.
Lifestyle
Working in the open air, normally 40 hour week. Work towards owning their own hives.
Compensation
Salary $40,000 + bonus in a good season.
Advice to Jobseekers
Beekeeping is a interesting work with insects that help produce crops for farmers. Many beekeepers are seeking more employees in this line of work because of more variety of crops being farmed.work to owning their own hives & business.

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