Seasonal Beekeeper

Seasonal Beekeeper at Noyes Apiaries, Inc. in Fruitland, ID.

Raises honey bees to produce honey and maintain colony health through feed/supplements; find and cage queens, install queen cells; assembles bee hives, inserts honeycomb of bees into hives; forces bees from hive; uncaps harvested honeycombs and extracts approx. 75 pounds of honey from honeycomb; must be able to lift 75 pound boxes for honey transport; transporting bee boxes from hives to extracting facility; driving pickup to obtain parts and supplies, honey extracting equipment and misc. tools used to work with honey bees; maintenance and repairs on equipment and colony boxes. May have to work nights, possibly weekends. Additional hours of work, i.e., on Sabbath, or holidays may be offered in the job order, but may not be required; maintaining of worksite and equipment; also cleaning location and equipment; Attends cattle herd in pens or in pasture. Attend to cattle to include: Herding cattle while riding horseback, UTV, ATV's or walking on foot. Protect cattle from attack of predatory animals, i.e. coyotes, mountain lions, bears, wolves etc. Observe and/or examine animals to detect illness or injury; treat ill or injured cattle as directed by employer; Assist with branding, castrating, vaccinating, tagging, weaning, trailing, sorting and loading cattle onto trucks for transfer to new range or to transport to market. Maintain meadows/fields and repair/maintain fences and corrals to keep animals in the assigned range/pasture and to protect them from dangers such as roads, noxious weeds and poisonous plants. Feed cattle and ensure they have access to water. Must be able to saddle and ride a horse in a safe and effective manner such as to avoid injury to self, coworkers, bystanders, and the horse itself. As needed, worker will be required to shoe horses. Must assist with irrigating crops. Must be able to operate tractors while maintaining adequate air pressure in tires and oil/fuel levels in machinery. Will be required to operate tractors and farm machinery as it pertains to the farm production of crops such as hay, corn, silage and supplemental livestock feed including but not limited to disking, planting, spraying, ground preparation and harvesting. Will be required to operate and maintain a 4-wheeler in a safe and effective way. Noyes Apiaries, Inc. facilitate practices of good animal husbandry. Employees that are found abusing, neglecting or abandoning livestock entrusted to their care may be terminated for cause. If the negligent/abusive actions of an employee result in the loss/death of livestock/animals or cause harm to another person, the employee may be held accountable for these actions. The worker will live in the employer provided range housing. Said housing will be clean and in good repair at the time it is provided to the employee. The employee is responsible to maintain the housing unit in a responsible level of cleanliness in order to avoid flies, mice or other vermin. The employee is responsible to alert the employer of damage to the housing unit within a reasonable amount of time. This position is physically demanding and operates primarily outdoors in all types of weather. May not have bee, pollen or honey-related allergies. Must speak and understand English.

Work begins January 1, 2027 and ends October 31, 2027.

Pay is $13.34 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 48 hours per week.