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Beekeeper
- Country: United States
- Visa type: H-2A
- Job ID: (Open on offer list)
- Employer name: Confidential
- Employees needed: 2
- E-mail (employer): Confidential
- E-mail (agent): Confidential
- Phone: Confidential
- Agent phone: Confidential
- Working hours per week: 35
- Wage: 19.82 USD / Hour
- Start date: 04/12/2025
- End date: 06/06/2025
- Process date: 02/24/2025 18:08:20
- Submit date: Confidential
- Offer description:
Crops/Commodities: bees. Perform manual and mechanical duties related to commercial beekeeping. Must be familiar with working with bees in all stages, from egg through mature workers, drones and queens. Must work all aspects of beekeeping. Tasks include: • Carry out hive audits for selection of hives to be placed at farms, and during removals to better understand hive health. Hive audits are performed by our company to ensure that hives delivered for pollination services meet quality standards, particularly regarding hive strength, which is calculated as the population size of a given hive and expressed as the number of frames covered with bees. Our audit process for partner beekeepers involves randomly selecting hives, before and during a pollination service, using a cluster method to assess bee coverage on frames. We inspect both the top and bottom boxes, counting the frames of bees, including fractional coverage per frame. The average frame coverage is then calculated by dividing the total frames of bees by the number of hives in the sample. Audits are conducted at a minimum ambient temperature of 60°F. • Monitor and report quality status through the pollination season. • Feed hives with Beeflow's technologies with care and precision. Hives will be fed by two types of technology 1) for the bees not to migrate to other crops and 2) for bees to be able to pollinate when it's cold outside (between 45-57 degree weather). • Access colony to determine if food or medicine is needed. Feed and medicate bees for diseases, parasites, and pests. • Keep hives productive and healthy to help with pollination needs. • Inspect for mites or any other pest/disease. • Haul bees to and from different hive locations. Support our 3rd Party Beekeepers with deliveries or removals to farms if needed, including placement of markers on farms to indicate where hives should be placed. Perform manual duties such as repairing damaged hives and assembling if needed. All damaged and assembled hives must be reported to the supervisor. Must have no fear of bees and be non-allergic to bee stings, pollen, honey or other products of the hive. Must wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable foot wear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work. Outdoor work required when plants are wet, or during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours may vary. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Work is done outdoors for long periods of time and requires prolonged periods of standing and/or walking, repetitive movements, and frequent bending and/or stooping. Workers must be able to handle, lift, and carry heavy or bulky objects (product, containers) in accordance with the specified lifting requirements. Employer-paid post-hire drug testing is required upon reasonable suspicion of use and after a worker has an accident at work. Clean driving record required. Must have or be able to obtain driver's license within 30 days following hire. Workers with appropriate licenses and a valid doctor's certificate may be asked to drive other workers in pick-up trucks only. Supervisor(s) will provide instructions and directions to workers. Workers must be able to comprehend and follow instructions and communicate effectively to supervisors. Unusual, complex or non-routine activities will be supervised. Workers expected to perform basic duties in a proficient manner without close supervision. An applicant for this job must be available to work for the entire itinerary.