Seasonal Beekeeper

Seasonal Beekeeper at Hart & Griffis Enterprises in Homerville, GA.

Attend to live bees to produce honey and maintain colony health through feed/supplements; Find and cage queens, install queen cells; Assemble bee hives, inserts honeycomb of bees into hives; Force bees from hives; Operate lift tractor for transporting bee boxes from hives to extracting facility; performing daily work in blueberry fields including pruning blueberries, spraying weeds, cleaning fields; Uncap harvested honeycombs and extract honey from honeycombs; Lift boxes of honey or bees; driving farm vehicle to obtain supplies, honey extracting equipment, and misc. tools used to work with honey bees; minor daily and incidental upkeep to equipment, worksite, and colony boxes. Must speak and understand English.

Work begins January 1, 2027 and ends November 1, 2027.

Pay is $12.57 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 48 hours per week.