Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals

Work description

Beekeeping, loading trucks with bees, putting on bee boxes and removing full heavy honey boxes; extracting honey; driving a truck pulling a trailer and forklift. 4600 hive operation. Attend to live bees to produce honey and maintain colony health through feed/supplements; Find and cage queens, install queen cells; Assemble bee hives, inserts honeycomb of bees into hives; Force bees from hives; Assist with natural and artificial insemination; Uncap harvested honeycombs and extract honey from honeycombs; Lift boxes of honey or bees; driving farm vehicle to obtain supplies, honey extracting equipment, and misc. tools used to work with honey bees; minor daily and incidental upkeep to equipment, worksite, and colony boxes. Must not have honey, pollen, or bee related allergies. Approximate staggered entry: 3 workers to begin on Jan. 3, 2027 and 1 worker to begin on July 1, 2027.