Beekeepers

Brad's Bees • Fertile, MN

441d • $38,480 - $41,080

About The Position

Brad's Bees is seeking 3 seasonal, full-time, temporary Beekeepers to work in California and in Polk, Pennington, and Marshall Counties, MN. The role involves various manual tasks related to beekeeping, including maintaining hives, harvesting honey, and ensuring the health of bee colonies. The position requires working outdoors in varying weather conditions and involves physical labor, including lifting and carrying heavy items.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 months agricultural experience working in a honeybee farm handling manual tasks.
• Ability to perform manual tasks with accuracy and efficiency.
• Able to lift/carry 70 lbs.
• No allergies to bees, bee stings, pollen, honey, or other products of the hive.
• Clean driving record and/or insurable driver's license may be required to drive company vehicles.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in beekeeping or agricultural work.
• Ability to work in varying weather conditions.

Responsibilities

• Mow, cut, and weed fields.
• Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, and ground preparation.
• Use hand tools including hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws.
• Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies.
• Prepare bees and bee equipment for pollination.
• Access colony to determine if food or medicine is needed.
• Feed and medicate bees for diseases and pests.
• Maintain hives in a healthy state.
• Raise and replace queens.
• Make divides and clean boxes.
• Harvest/extract honey and run queen breeding yard.
• Manipulate and service hive structures.
• Haul bees to and from different hive locations.
• Ensure healthy and productive honeybee colonies.
• Harmonize bees with their natural cycle.
• Assemble hives using hand tools and induct wild swarming bees into prepared honeycomb frames.
• Inspect hives and harvest honeycomb.

Benefits

• Free housing for workers whose residence is beyond normal commuting distance.
• Employer pays inbound transportation and subsistence to work site upon 50% completion of work contract.
• Daily subsistence provided at a rate of at least $15.88 per day during travel, up to a maximum of $59.00 per day with receipts.
• Required work-related tools and supplies provided free of charge by employer.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED