Beekeeper
Employer
6857 Round Lake Rd
Mt. Dora, FL 32757
United States
Job description
Raise honey bees to produce honey and mantain colony health through feed/supplements, find and cage queens, install queen cells; assemble beehives, insert honeycomb of bees into hives; force bees from hives; uncap harvested honeycombs and extract approximately 75 pounds of honey from honeycombs; must be able to lift 75 pound boexes for honey transport. Transporting bee boxes from hives to extracting facility; driving farm vehicle to obtain supplies, honey extracting equipment, and miscellaneous tool used to work with honey bees; minor daily and incidental upkeep to equipment, worksite and colony boxes.
Special Requirements
3 months of experience required as beekeeper. Must bend, lift and sustain up to 75lbs, work under extremely hot weather conditions. Might work some Saturdays half day. If travel is required outside the indicated counties, food and lodging will be paid by employer. No on-the-job training available.