Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals
Employer
10970 E Adamsville Rd
Florence, AZ 85132
United States
Job description
Load, unload, maintain, ship bees; Feed hives; Check for disease and overall health; Repair and paint bee boxes; Work outdoors exposed to weather; Attend to live bees to produce honey and maintain colony health through feed/supplements; Find and cage queens, install queen cells; Assemble bee hives, inserts honeycomb of bees into hives; Force bees from hives; Uncap harvested honeycombs and extract honey from honeycombs; Lift boxes of honey or bees; Water bees and place shade; Drive farm vehicle to obtain supplies, honey extracting equipment, and misc. tools used to work with honey bees; Operate swinger forklift; Minor daily and incidental upkeep to equipment, worksite, and colony boxes; Trim trees; Maintain weeds; Must speak English.
Special Requirements
Six (6) months recent and verifiable experience with references required as a beekeeper. May not have bee, pollen or honey-related allergies. Must be able to obtain a drivers following hire and obtain clean driving record. 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.