Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals

Work description

The beekeeper will work with beehives, feeding hives, splitting, treating illness, moving hives, extracting honey, melting the wax, fixing and building bee boxes, pallets, lids, cover hives with shade pallets, run extracting equipment. Swap Queen bee, help the colony to produce honey, pollen and bees. Clean and maintain honeycomb areas. Duties might include driving required operating motorized vehicles, forklift, use of air tools, table and chop saws, and other woodworking tools. The worker must perform work by employer’s terms and standards and observe safety precautions at work. Position involves working with bees and possible exposure to bee stings. Must bend, lift, and sustain up to 75 lbs, and work outdoors under extreme weather conditions.