Bee Rearing Specialist
Employer: Sweet River Company, LLC
Location: Beeville, TX
Workers needed: 13
Pay: $16.24/hour
Season: Nov 22, 2026 – Jul 1, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Raise queen, worker and drone honey bees. Duties include grafting queen cells, preparing starter and finisher colonies, creation of mating colonies, queen catching, preparation of nucleus colonies, installation of queens, installation of queen cells, moving nucleus colonies, feeding nutritional AMD Medicinal supplements, shaking bulk bees, locating and replacing queens, recognizing and removing sealed and unsealed brood from a colony.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Fully furnished kitchen provided. Workers will have access to grocery stores at least once per week.
Transport: The employer will provide advance transportation for reasonable (most economical) common carrier or other transportation which conforms to the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in bound transportation (if it is the prevailing practice). If not the prevailing practice, the employer will reimburse the worker for transportation costs and subsistence to the employer's work site when the worker completes 50% of the work period.
Experience wanted: 3 months
No fear of/non-allergic to bees/pollen. Able to lift up to 50 lbs. repetitively. Basic understanding of honey bee biology and lifecycles required.
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