Seasonal Beekeeper

Seasonal Beekeeper at Dietzler Honey LLC in Larimore, ND.

Get bees out of wintering and preparing hives for warm weather; 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 hives; uncaps harvested honeycombs and extracts approx. 50 pounds of honey from honeycombs; must be able to lift 50 pound boxes for honey transport; moving bee boxes from hives to extracting facility; supering beehives; prepare hives for winter; repairing and maintaining farm vehicles and equipment; loading products into trucks and driving to market or storage facilities; cleaning work areas; trapping pests; 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 have some knowledge of beekeeping; must speak English language. Must not have bee or pollen related allergies. Approximate staggered entry: 2 workers to begin Jan 15 and 6 workers to begin March 15.

Work begins January 15, 2027 and ends November 10, 2027.

Pay is $14.29 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 46 hours per week.