Beekeeper Supervisor
Employer
89-941 Hawaii Belt Rd
Captian Cook , HI 96704
United States
Job description
Directly supervises and coordinates the following activities
• Queen catching process
• Health and production of mating nucleus yards
• Management of big colonies
• Management of treatment schedule for honeybee pests
• Management of breeders and cell builders
• Ensures sufficient double-up colonies are healthy and vigorous to produce queen bees
• Maintain quality of queen bank for optimum queen longevity
• Instructs workers on various tasks, including apiculture best practices, harvesting, and equipment operation ensuring they are completed in a timely and efficient manner while maintaining a positive work environment for all employees
• Manage weekly packing of queens for sale and shipment.
• Maintains records of production, inventory, and personnel actions
• Identifies and resolves issues related to work methods, safety, and compliance
Other Duties:
• Arrive at work ready to work. Start and end time may vary depending on the needs of the production schedule.
• Must have appropriate work clothes (long sleeves, light colored clothes and long pants) and hive tool holder on belt when clocking in to work.
• Employee will have an assigned smoker which should be kept in good working condition and corked once work is completed for the day.
• Miscellaneous duties including but not limited to washing and detailing trucks and vehicles and general maintenance duties like sweeping and trash removal.
• Hawaiian Queen operates in an “all hands on deck” environment where you will sometimes be asked to do your part to “get the job done”.
Required Qualifications:
Special Requirements
Four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in a commercial beekeeping company. Must include at least one (1) year of supervisory experience.
Research beekeeping management practices
Research genetic expression or characteristics of bee behavior
Prepare scientific reports/presentations
Develop beekeeping methods
Identify internal and external anatomy of all castes
Understand function of various structures of all castes
Understand in-depth aspects of honey bee queen biology
Understand and perform multiple queen rearing methods
Understand major hive pest biology
Implement various pest management strategies
Understand and apply various chemical treatments for hive pests
Understand and implement non-chemical methods of pest control, adopt Hawaiian Queen system of controls
Identify plants that are pollinator supportive
Be able to extract honey from a hive and understand honey handling
Understand hone