Beekeeper
Employer: Rodney Hurd Apiaries
Location: Mt. Dora, FL
Workers needed: 2
Pay: $18.00/hour
Season: Jan 10, 2027 – Nov 9, 2027
Experience: 3 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Raise honey bees to produce honey and mantain colony health through feed/supplements, find and cage queens, install queen cells; assemble beehives, insert honeycomb of bees into hives; force bees from hives; uncap harvested honeycombs and extract approximately 75 pounds of honey from honeycombs; must be able to lift 75 pound boexes for honey transport. Transporting bee boxes from hives to extracting facility; driving farm vehicle to obtain supplies, honey extracting equipment, and miscellaneous tool used to work with honey bees; minor daily and incidental upkeep to equipment, worksite and colony boxes.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: The employer will provide housing with kitchen. Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities so workers may prepare their own meals. Kitchen with fridge, stove, microwave and dishwasher machine, sink and cooking and eating utensils. Employer will provide (on voluntary basis) transportation to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries.
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 75lbs, work under extremely hot weather conditions. Might work some Saturdays half day. If travel is required outside the indicated counties, food and lodging will be paid by employer. No on-the-job training available.
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