Beekeeper

Beekeeper at Golden Valley Apiaries Inc. in Madera, CA.

Duties may include: Employees will keep healthy beehives. This will include feeding/treating them as needed. Assembling beehives. Insert honeycomb of bees into beehive. Set hives in orchard, or near other source of nectar and pollen for bees. Scrape out parasites, such as wax moth larvae, and removes vermin, such as birds and mice. Destroy superfluous queen bee cells to prevent division or colony by swarming. Will need to replace queen bees and proper tools/equipment. Will also help produce queen bees. There may be some heavy lifting when extracting the honey from the hives (approximately 40 lbs). Will work outdoors in variable weather conditions. The employer abides by California Order No. 14-2001. Must wear protective gear such as veil, gloves, and beekeeping suit. Must also use bee smoker and other hive tools to access the hive. (All equipment provided by the employer.) Workers may have opportunity to perform driving duties if desired and properly licensed & other related Beekeeper activities as per SOC/OES 45-2093 (onetonline.org).

Possible weekend/holiday work.

The employer may choose to pay experienced workers, regardless of origin, more than the published minimum wage rate. See attached Addendum C.

Work begins January 13, 2027 and ends November 3, 2027.

Pay is $16.9 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 35 hours per week.