Seasonal Beekeeper

Seasonal Beekeeper at Kutiks Pollination Services in Manning, SC.

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; Lift 75lbs to pull and transport supers full of honey; Assemble bee hives, inserts honeycomb of bees into hives; Force bees from hives; Put on and take off supers; Uncap harvested honeycombs and extract honey from honeycombs; Move equipment or livestock from one location to another manually or using trucks or carts; Drive farm vehicle to obtain supplies, honey extracting equipment, and misc. tools used to work with honey bees; Clean work area.

Work begins January 7, 2027 and ends November 7, 2027.

Pay is $12.56 per hour.

Housing is provided.

Typical schedule: about 50 hours per week.