Seasonal Beekeeper

Seasonal Beekeeper at Yellowstone Honey in Livingston, MT.

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 truck, tractor, or other equipment between extracting and field; Put on and take off supers; Uncap harvested honeycombs and extract honey from honeycombs; Untie/un-net using rough terrain forklift; Lift boxes of honey or bees; Drive farm vehicle to obtain supplies, honey extracting equipment, and misc. tools used to work with honey bees; Clean work area; Must speak and understand English; Approximate staggered entry: 2 workers arriving January 1; 1 worker arriving April 1.

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

Pay is $13.46 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 46 hours per week.