Seasonal Beekeeper

Seasonal Beekeeper at Thomas Honey Farm, Inc. in Mendota, CA.

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 tractor, truck, or other equipment between extracting and field; Put on and take off supers; Uncap harvested honeycombs and extract honey from honeycombs; Move equipment or livestock from one location to another manually or using trucks or carts; Drive farm vehicle to obtain supplies, honey extracting equipment, and misc. tools used to work with honey bees; Clean work area. Workers must be able to understand basic verbal directions in English.

Work begins January 5, 2027 and ends October 25, 2027.

Pay is $16.9 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 40 hours per week.