Beekeeper
Employer: Rose Honey Corporation
Location: Madera, CA
Workers needed: 3
Pay: $19.75/hour
Season: Jan 15, 2027 – Oct 31, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Beekeepers will feed, split and transfer beehives; will prepare hives for honey production and harvest honey, and prepare them for winter; treat the hives for deceases, transport bees to orchards for pollination.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Workers will be provided housing with cooking facilities. Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so workers may prepare their own meals. Kitchens with fridge, stove, microwave and sink and cooking utensils. Employer will provide (on voluntary basis) transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries, weekly or as needed.
Transport: The employer will provide advance transportation for reasonable (most economical) common carrier or other transportation which conforms to the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) inbounds 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
3 months of experience required as beekeeper. Must bend, lift and sustain up to 50lbs, work under extremely hot weather conditions. No travel required outside Merced, Madera, Fresno and Mariposa Counties, no on-the-job training available.
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