Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals
Employer: Noyes Apiaries, Inc.
Location: Firebaugh, CA
Workers needed: 7
Pay: $16.90/hour
Season: Jan 1, 2027 – May 10, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
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; Direct and monitor the work of casual and seasonal help; Force bees from hives; Uncap harvested honeycombs and extract honey from honeycombs; Lift boxes of honey or bees weighing up to 75 lbs; Move equipment or livestock from one location to another manually or using trucks; Drive 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 be able to speak English.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities, all of which are in working order, including refrigeration, space for food preparation, cooking accessories and utensils, appliances, and dishwashing facilities so that workers may prepare their own meals. Kitchen facilities include adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure. Employer will provide transportation once a week to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries, when the employer is providing cooking and kitchen facilities.
Transport: See Addendum C
Experience wanted: 3 months
Three (3) months recent and verifiable experience with references required as a beekeeper. May not have bee, pollen or honey-related allergies. Must be able to obtain a drivers license following hire and obtain clean driving record. Must be able to lift 75 lbs. Once hired, worker may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing positive for an illegal/controlled substance or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment.
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