Beekeeper
Employer: St. Joe Valley Apiaries
Location: Trenton, FL
Workers needed: 4
Pay: $15.71/hour
Season: Jan 1, 2027 – Jun 30, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Grade and prep bees for pollination. Load and unload bee hives. Move hives to and from various bee yards and pollination fields. Raise and select queen bees. Split and requeen hives. Feed, medicate and maintain healthy bee colonies. Prepare bee colonies to be shipped out of state for honey production. Build and repair bee hives. Light maintenance to vehicles. General facility maintenance and upkeep.
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
Must be able to provide references to verify experience. Must be able to work for the entire itinerary and join the employer at any one of the locations that the employer has a crew located at that time. No fear of/non-allergic to bees/pollen. Able to lift up to 50 lbs. repetitively. Driver's license in 30 days.
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