Beekeeper

Beekeeper at Green Country Honey LLC in Pryor, OK.

Multiple contract dates available. Alternative start date(s) include: 02/15/2027 (4 workers). The exact start date and/or number of workers may vary based on weather, crop conditions or other factors.

Crops/Commodities: bees. Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays): Worker must be familiar with working with bees in all stages, from the egg through fully developed workers, drones and queens; must work all aspects of commercial bee keeping, including assessing a colony to determine if it needs food or medicine, feeding and medicating bees, maintaining hives in a healthy state, increasing number of hives, raising and replacing queens, making divides, making, painting and cleaning boxes, supering hives. Harvest/extract honey. Run queen breeding yard and produce queen bees. Manipulate and service hive structures and haul bees to and from different hive locations to ensure healthy and productive honeybee colonies. Must respond correctly to bees to harmonize with their natural cycle and keep them in the healthiest state possible for survival and profitability. General maintenance and servicing of equipment and facility.

Workers will drive forklifts, if needed. Workers will be instructed in the safety and operation of forklifts before operating. Forklifts should be driven in a manner to protect operator, other workers, products, trees, crops and equipment. Repeated failure to obey safety requirements and operating instructions may result in termination.

Work is to be done in the field for long periods of time. Work requires repetitive movements and extensive walking. Workers are expected to perform duties including boxing, weighing and loading. Workers will assist in loading trucks with product weighing up to and including 70 pounds and lifting to a height of 5 feet daily for long periods of time. Workers should be able to work on their feet in bent positions for long periods of time. Workers are exposed to wet weather early in the morning through the heat of the day. Temperatures may range from 10°F to 110°F. Must be able to work in excessive humidity and heat up to 110 degrees Fahrenheit. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop operations. Workers should be physically able to do the work required with or without reasonable accommodations.

Workers with a clean driving record who are able to obtain an insurable driver's license may be asked to drive company vehicles. Workers with appropriate licenses and a valid doctor's certificate may be asked to drive other workers in pick-up trucks only.

Employer has strict prohibitions on tobacco usage. No smoking or tobacco use of any kind will be permitted in the fields or in worker housing. This is necessary to protect against transmission of toxins by hands and tools contaminated with tobacco by-products. Employer reserves the right to discharge any employee found smoking or found in possession of smoking materials including cigarettes, cigars, snuff, chewing tobacco, pipe tobacco or smoking paraphernalia.

Applicants must be able to furnish verifiable job reference(s) or comparable third party documentation from recent employer(s) establishing acceptable prior experience. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, insect spray, related chemicals, etc. may affect workers' ability to perform the job. Applicant must be available at the time and place needed, and after beginning work must be available to work for the duration of the itinerary. Job opportunity is Skill Level I. All primary duties are entry-level and require close supervision and/or a short demonstration of the task by a more experienced worker.

Work begins January 7, 2027 and ends July 1, 2027.

Pay is $11.88 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 45 hours per week.