Attend to live bees to produce honey and maintain colony health through feed/supplements; Medicate bees; Find and cage queens, install queen cells; Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, boxes, yards, and fences; Assemble bee hives, inserts honeycomb of bees into hives; Force bees from hives; Drive truck, tractor, or other equipment between extracting and field; Put on and take off supers; Uncap harvested honeycombs and extract honey from honeycombs; Untie/un-net using rough terrain forklift; Lift boxes of honey or bees; Drive farm vehicle to obtain supplies, honey extracting equipment, and misc. tools used to work with honey bees; Clean work area; Must speak and understand English; Approximate staggered entry: 2 workers arriving January 1; 1 worker arriving April 1.
Employment period: Jan 1, 2027 – Oct 31, 2027