Beekeeper Helper

Job description

All aspects of commercial beekeeping. Raises honey bees to produce honey and maintain colony health through feed/supplements and medication of bees and treat for disease; find and cage queens, install queen cells; assembles bee hives, inserts honeycomb of bees into hives; forces bees from hives; uncaps harvested honeycombs and extracts approx. 50 pounds of honey from honeycombs; extract and package honey and beeswax; must be able to lift 50 pound boxes for honey transport; transporting hives to and from various field and orchard locations.

Maintenance and repairs on equipment and colony boxes maintaining of worksite and equipment; general sanitation of plant and facility maintenance.

Please see Addendum C.

Special Requirements

This job requires a minimum of 3 months of beekeeping experience working with bees, handling manual and mechanical tasks. Written verification of experience is required. Able to lift up to 50 lbs. repetitively. Must be able to understand work & safety instructions in English or Spanish, the languages spoken and written in the workplace.