Bee Keeper Position Available In Baker, Florida

$16.23
Per Hour
Position range in Florida $14.24•$21.10 Per hour Bee Keeper
(Suppressed)

Occupation:

Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Location:

Sanderson, FL•32087
Positions available: 3
Job #: 12476112

Source:

Employ Florida

Posted:

3/14/2025

Updated:

3/14/2025

Expires:

9/3/2025

Web Site:

Employ Florida
Onsite /

Remote:

Work onsite all of the time

Job Type:

Seasonal, Full Time (30 Hours or More), Permanent Employment, Day Shift

Agency Job ID:

2025-0462 Job Requirements and Properties Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Opens a new window. Job Requirements and Properties Help for Job Requirements and Properties. Opens a new window. 3 50 Job Description Help for Job Description. Opens a new window. Job Description Help for Job Description. Opens a new window. •

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INDIVIDUALS INTERESTED IN THIS JOB OPPORTUNITY MUST BE INTERVIEWED AND REFERRED BY A FLORIDA CAREER CENTER. SEE ITEM B, BELOW. 2025-0462 A.

This is an Agricultural Labor Program clearance order for temporary or seasonal agricultural workers.

ALL QUALIFIED U.S. DOMESTIC WORKERS

(CITIZENS

AND NON-CITIZENS WITH VALID WORK AUTHORIZATION

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INCLUDING MSFW AND NON-MSFW WORKERS MAY BE REFERRED. B.

Interested applicants should report to any State Workforce Agency (SWA) career center for help in contacting the employer. Referral by a career center provides program guarantees and protections that may not be available to a worker not referred. Workers must have valid identification for I-9 preparation when they report to the employer location to begin work. The employer may use the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services E-Verify Program to verify employment eligibility. C. Workers referred to this job by a SWA should report to a career center between 5 and 9 work days before the job start date to verify the job start date is the same. Failure to do so may disqualify the worker from the assurances of this Job Order. Worksites are located in Baker, Columbia, and Hamilton County. Housing is located in Sanderson, Florida (Baker County) D.

Job Offer:

The Beekeeper performs essential manual and mechanical tasks in commercial beekeeping, focusing on honey production and colony health. Workers manage bee colonies at all stages, from eggs to mature workers, drones, and queens. Responsibilities include operating a queen breeding yard, raising and replacing queens, and performing divides as needed to support colony growth. Workers assess colonies to determine food and medical needs, applying necessary feed and treatments to control diseases, pests, and parasites. Hives are sterilized when required, and diseased colonies are properly disposed of. Duties also involve constructing, painting, and cleaning hive boxes, assembling hives with hand tools, and inserting honeycombs into frames. Workers manipulate and maintain hive structures, transport and set up hives for pollination, and relocate hives as necessary. During honey harvest, they uncap and extract honey from combs, operate mechanized extraction equipment, and separate wax from honey. Honey is transported to the extraction facility, filtered, and prepared for packaging through moisture reduction. Wax is processed and packaged, and workers assist in maintaining and cleaning extraction equipment. Physical and environmental requirements include lifting and carrying up to 75 pounds regularly and engaging in repetitive bending, stooping, and kneeling. The work is outdoors in varied weather conditions, including rain, high humidity, and extreme temperatures, involving prolonged periods of standing or walking. Workers must have no fear of bees and no allergies to bee stings, pollen, honey, or other hive products. They must wear assigned personal protective equipment when necessary and report to work wearing durable footwear and appropriate clothing (no uniforms provided). Adherence to safety protocols and work attire standards is mandatory. Schedules may vary based on weather, crop conditions, and environmental factors, and workers must report to designated locations on time each day, occasionally working in inclement weather.

Pay:

Florida Adverse Effect Wage Rate (AEWR)•$16.23 per hour ¾ Guarantee is in effect.

Wage Offer:

$16.23 per hour

Piece Rates:

No•See ETA 790 below.

Bonus:

None Pay is: Weekly Employer provides tools/equipment.

Withholding:

Federal Income Tax, Social Security and Medicare, and any deductions agreed to by the worker in writing. Work rules will be found in the Clearance Order. E. Contract period is April 22, 2025 to January 15, 2026.

Hours:

50 hours per week

Days/Hours:

Monday•Tuesday 9 hours Wednesday•Saturday 8 hours. Work may be offered but not required on Sundays and holidays. Extra work hours may be offered based on weather and other conditions. F. Employer will refund workers living outside commuting distance the reasonable transportation and subsistence costs to report for the first day of work on the 50% date. Will provide workers who complete the contract period the reasonable cost of transportation and subsistence to return to place of recruitment or to report to the next H-2A job. G. Housing and Board.

Housing:

Will provide free housing for workers who arrive from outside daily commuting distance. Family housing is not available. Meals (Board): Employer will provide a free and convenient kitchen and transport workers to a grocery store at least once per week. Workers will purchase and prepare their own meals. Housing meets the requirements of Federal, State and Local regulations. Rules regarding living accommodations will be found in the Clearance Order. Transportation provided by the employer meets the requirements of Federal, State and Local regulations. H. Prohibition against preferential treatment of aliens: The employer’s job offer must offer to U.S. workers no less than the same benefits, wages, and working conditions that the employer is offering, intends to offer, or will provide to H-2A workers. Job offers may not impose on U.S. workers any restrictions or obligations that will not be imposed on the employer’s H-2A workers. This does not relieve the employer from providing to H-2A workers at least the same level of minimum benefits, wages, and working conditions which must be offered to U.S. workers. I. Mandatory 653.501

Statement:

In view of the statutorily established basic function of the Job Service office as a no-fee labor exchange, that is, as a forum for bringing together employers and job seekers, neither the ETA nor the SWAs are guarantors of the accuracy or truthfulness of information contained on job orders submitted by employers. Nor does any job order accepted or recruited upon by the Job Service office constitute a contractual job offer to which the ETA or a SWA is in any way a party. Please see ETA 790 for full details. Help for Employer Information. Opens a new window.