Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch & Aqua Cultural Animals
Employer
4831 St Hwy 10
Palatine Bridge, NY 13428
United States
Job description
Attend to live bees to produce honey and maintain colony health through feed/supplements;
Medicate bees; Find and raise queens, install queen cells; Make and check new hives, make
splits; Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, boxes, yards; Load bees/hives on trucks;
Assemble bee hives, inserts honeycomb of bees into hives; Force bees from hives; Inform farm
manager of bee, honey, crop progress; Direct and monitor the work of help during bee
husbandry and honey work; Receive instructions from supervisor regarding work to be done for
the day and ensure its completion; Lift 75 pound boxes for honey transport and moving bee
boxes from hive to extracting facility; Submit daily work sheets for records to be submitted to
the appropriate authority; Drive truck to move equipment or bees from one location to another;
Uncap harvested honeycombs and extract honey from honeycombs; Drive farm vehicle to
obtain supplies, honey extracting equipment, and misc. tools used to work with honey bees;
Clean work area.
Special Requirements
See ADD C