Beekeeper
Employer: Dixon Bee Company, LLC
Location: Dixon, CA
Workers needed: 1
Pay: $19.75/hour
Season: Jan 1, 2027 – Oct 30, 2027
Experience: 2 months
Employer-provided housing; Transportation provided/reimbursed
The job
Prepare bees and beekeeping equipment. Monitor beehives. Maintain and increase beehives. Work bees. Make splits. Raise and isolate queens. Prepare bees for pollination. Load and unload beehives. Manage bee colonies for top honey production. Feed, medicate and requeen hives. Build and repair bee boxes and other beekeeping equipment. Harvest, extract and package honey. Sanitize plant. Service equipment. Winterize all beekeeping facilities and equipment at the end of the season.
Housing: Employer-provided (including mobile or range)
Meals: Fully furnished kitchen provided. Workers will have access to grocery stores at least once per week.
Transport: The employer will provide advance transportation for reasonable (most economical) common carrier or other transportation which conforms to the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in bound transportation (if it is the prevailing practice). If not the prevailing practice, the employer will reimburse the worker for transportation costs and subsistence to the employer's work site when the worker completes 50% of the work period.
Experience wanted: 2 months
Must be able to provide references to verify experience. No fear of/non-allergic to bees/pollen. Able to lift up to 75 lbs. repetitively.
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