Situations Vacant
Head Beekeeper
Mostly I am looking for a passionate hardworking beekeeper who can work with others and manage our honeybee colonies.
Applicants for this role must have:
- Some years of previous beekeeping experience. You must be confident in how to inspect a colony of bees independently and make splits and have complete knowledge of how a colony of bees works.
- You must be UK resident or have the correct documentation to work in the UK (we will NOT offer sponsorship)
- A full drivers licence.
- Be able to lift 20-30kg off the floor and walk around comfortably. (Honey boxes can get very heavy, and there are lots of them to lift!)
- You must have good communication skills.
You will be expected to get involved with and or manage various tasks at different times of the season:
- Oversee the management of honey production Colonies.
- Manage nucleus production all year around.
- Managing regular health inspections
- Managing Honey Harvesting and Extraction.
- Equipment Maintenance and assembly.
- Managing shifting of colonies (sometime unsocial hours)
- Honey house upkeep
- Honey packing
- Occasional Customer face to face
- There is an attractive salary for the right person.
For more details, please email beckysbeezzzs@gmail.com with your CV and or covering letter with details of your experience working with honey bees.