Employment
Harlton Apiaries is located on the east side of Souris on the No. 2 Highway
110-First Ave East Souris, Manitoba
Phone: 204-483-2382
Email: harltonapiaries@mymts.net
Because our business is seasonal, we frequently hire in the spring, and during our busy time during harvest in July and August in our honey house, extracting honey and pulling honey in the field. Our work usually ends in October.
Apiary Worker
positions available: 4
Start date: March or April 2025
End date: October 2025
1-2 years previous commercial beekeeping experience preferred
Wage $15.80 to $18.00, depending on experience
Duties:
Handle, feed, and care for honeybee colonies, brood nest management
Assist in the production of nucs, splits, or replacement hives
Checking health of hives, Recognize and report hive health issues and apply appropriate treatments
Collect and package honey, beeswax
Honey extraction: pulling honey, extracting honey, moving or loading of drums, cleaning of the extraction equipment and facility
Bee yard maintenance: Mowing grass, moving hives, moving equipment or debris
Vehicle or equipment maintenance: checking oil, grease, fluids, tires, etc. on various vehicles or equipment
Manufacture, assemble and maintain hive equipment
Operate and maintain other apiary related equipment
Spring & Winter preparation of hives: unwrapping or wrapping hives, removing and putting on winter wraps and putting or taking out of storage, checking for repairs. Moving hives. Feeding hives, treating hives.
Securing trailers and loads
Heavy lifting required
Apiary Harvester
Positions available: 2
No experience required
Start date: July 2025
End date: September 2025
Wage $15.80 - $17 depending on experience
Duties:
Harvesting honey
Cleaning honey extraction and storage equipment
Honey extraction
Barrel moving, preparation, filling and storage
Manufacture, assemble, maintain hive equipment
Maintaining extracting equipment and facility
Heavy lifting required
Apply by sending resume to:
Harlton Apiaries
Box 644 Souris, Manitoba R0K 2C0
Phone: 204-483-2382
email: harltonapiaries@mymts.net
or apply in person