Beekeeper
Employer
21707 Lerdo Hwy
McKittrick, CA 93251
United States
Job description
Attend to live bees to produce honey and maintain colony health through feed/supplements;
Medicate bees; Find and cage queens, install queen cells; Inspect, maintain, and repair
equipment, boxes, yards, and fences; Assemble bee hives, inserts honeycomb of bees into
hives; Force bees from hives; Put on and take off supers; Uncap harvested honeycombs and
extract honey from honeycombs; Move equipment or bees from one location to another manually
or using trucks; Drive farm vehicle to obtain supplies, honey extracting equipment, and misc.
tools used to work with honey bees; Clean work area.
Special Requirements
Three (3) months recent and verifiable experience with references required as a beekeeper. May not
have bee, pollen or honey-related allergies. Must be able to lift Other lbs. Once hired, worker may be
required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing positive for an illegal/controlled
substance or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment.