Beekeeper
Employer
305 Ronnie Walker Road
Nicholls, GA 31554
United States
Job description
Workers will work around bees with gloves. Workers will raise honeybees to produce bees and queen bees for resale. They will remove frames covered with bees from beehives and shake into packages for customers. Workers must be able to find the queen bee in each hive. They will feed and maintain the beehives. Workers will work with and around live bees while performing job duties. A veil will be provided to protect the face from stings. Workers can wear gloves while working with the bees. Workers will clean and scrape beehives removing wax buildup and debris. They wil find destroy superflous queen bee cells to provent divison of colony by warming. This is an hourly job at $11.99 per hour job, for all jobs on job order. All applicants must have at least 3 months work experience as a beekeeper with a commercial apiary. Workers must have no fear of bees, and not be allergic to bee stings and pollen. Workers should be able to identify and detect common brood diseases. Applicants must be able to furnish affirmative job references from recent employers operating comparable operations establishing acceptable previous experience. Workers may be required to do a post accident drug screen at the employers expense. Failing or refusing a drug test will result in immediate termination. Workers should expect occasional periods of little or no work because of weather or other condition to be beyond the exployers control. These periods can occcur anytime thorughout the seaosn. Our request for leave of absence must be made to the employer in writing. All absences will be counted towards hours offered for the purpose of the guarantee.
Special Requirements
See Addendum C