Beekeeper
Employer: New Generation Beekeeping, LLC
Location: Connel, WA
Workers needed: 4
Pay: $17.13/hour
Season: Jan 15, 2027 – Nov 14, 2027
Experience: 2 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Assist with the care and management of commercial honey bee colonies. Inspect beehives, monitor bee health and queen condition, feed bees, and apply approved treatments for mites, pests, and diseases. Install, remove, and replace hive boxes, frames, foundations, and other beekeeping equipment. Move and transport bee colonies and equipment between apiary locations. Load and unload bee boxes, pallets, honey supers, and equipment. Prepare colonies for pollination and honey production. Assist with honey harvesting, including removing honey supers, transporting equipment, uncapping, extracting, filtering, and storing honey. Maintain and repair beekeeping equipment, pallets, boxes, and frames. Maintain clean and organized apiary areas. Operate trucks, forklifts, pumps, hand trucks, and other equipment when qualified. Work outdoors in varying weather conditions and around active honey bee colonies. Follow all company safety procedures and instructions. Physical Requirements: Must be able to lift and carry beekeeping equipment and honey supers weighing up to approximately 70 pounds. Job requires frequent lifting, carrying, pushing, pulling, bending, standing, walking, and climbing. Work is performed outdoors in heat, cold, dust, smoke, and other weather conditions and around honey bees. Workers are also responsible for safely operating, maintaining, and keeping company work trucks, trailers, forklifts, and other equipment clean and organized. Workers must perform daily visual safety inspections before operating vehicles or equipment and report any mechanical problems, damage, leaks, or unsafe conditions to management immediately.
Workers must safely operate all vehicles, forklifts, and equipment in accordance with company safety procedures and manufacturer instructions. Only authorized and properly trained workers may operate forklifts and other specialized equipment. Workers must keep work trucks, trailers, forklifts, and equipment free of excessive dirt, debris, trash, and spilled materials. Workers are responsible for proper loading, unloading, securing, parking, and storage of equipment and materials. Workers must immediately report any safety concerns, equipment damage, mechanical problems, or maintenance needs. Workers must not operate any vehicle or equipment that is known to be unsafe or defective.
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: 2 months
Must be able to provide references to verify experience. No fear of/non-allergic to bees/pollen. Able to lift up to 50 lbs. repetitively. No educational requirements. Must be able to obtain a driver's license with 30 days of hire.
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