Bee Keeper
Employer
8274 38 F St SW
Richardton, ND 58652
United States
Job description
During the summer months, we need seasonal workers to perform the following job duties: We do splits, nucs, and queens in California, and we send part of our hives to North Dakota for honey production. The honey season in North Dakota starts mid-May with the preparation of honey supers and placement of hives at locations. Starting in June and continuing through the summer, all the way through October, we pull boxes from the hives, extract the honey, and replace the boxes back on the hives for more honey collection. Once the extraction ends, the boxes, frames, and equipment have to be cleaned and prepared for the next summer. We need seasonal workers to perform the following job duties: driving farm trucks, tractors, and other equipment to distribute feed to animals, examining animals to detect illness, injury, or disease, and checking physical characteristics, such as the rate of weight gain. Feeding and watering livestock and monitoring food and water supplies, mixing feed, additives, and medicines in prescribed portions, moving equipment, poultry, or livestock from one location to another, manually or using trucks or carts, providing medical treatment, such as administering medications and vaccinations, or arranging for veterinarians to provide more extensive treatment, caring for animals, cleaning equipment or facilities, examining animals to detect illness, injury, or other problems, maintaining inventories of materials, equipment, or products, operating farming equipment, and performing animal breeding procedures. Employer may provide pay increases for performance, longevity and/or experience at employer’s discretion., Employer may provide performance bonuses at the end of the contract at the employer’s discretion.
Special Requirements
Job requires exposure to extreme outdoor temperatures, frequent stooping or bending over, repetitive movements. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Must have a regular driver's license. Requires 3 months farm experience.