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Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

2

Job Duties:

Beekeeper/farm worker possible duties: Workers will perform many beekeeping tasks while on the job. In the spring, workers will divide colonies(hives) to make starter colonies(hives) and to increase overall number of colonies(hives) for optimum honey production. This involves assembling wooden and/or plastic bee boxes, inserting frames into these boxes, shaking boxes to remove bees, scooping bees with hand-held container, pouring bees into empty(frame only) boxes, loading/unloading trucks with forklift(if pallets) or hand-stacking empty boxes on truck bed, feeding hives, checking/evaluating colonies(hives) for disease, evaluating overall health of colonies(hives), moving the bees to honey production locations, picking up/carrying/hand-stacking dead colonies(hives/boxes). Workers will be lifting, pushing, pulling, loading/unloading, carrying objects up to 50 LBS; may climb, balance, sit, stoop, bend, squat, wash, clean equipment and grounds area. Workers will also harvest honey by forcing bees from boxes using smoker and physically lifting boxes of honey for transport to extraction facility on company owned vehicle. Workers will operate extraction equipment at the necessary time under supervision of Employer/Steven Coy. All tools needed for work will be provided by Coy Bee Company, LLC, at no cost to workers. This includes hive tool, smokers, bee suits, small miscellaneous tools for maintenance/assembly of boxes. When weather is not conducive to work in the bee yards, there is shop work to do in the form of maintenance and repair of vehicles, equipment, bee boxes, pallets, box lids, barreling of honey, cleaning/labeling/stacking barrels, and possibly other related beekeeper helper/farm worker activities per SOC/OES 45-2093 (onetonline.org). Bee colonies will be transported from primary work site(shop) to bee yards(fields) for honey production and colony boxes must be removed/added throughout the season. During the spring and summer, workers will travel from primary work site(shop) each day to bee yards(fields) located within the southern MS counties of Forrest, Stone, George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, and Pearl River in company owned/provided vehicles. During late summer/early fall, workers will move bees to Noxubee and Lowndes counties in east central MS. Employer will provide all transportation to and from bee yards and provide overnight lodging when traveling to east central MS at no cost to workers. Employer will provide each worker with three meals a day (at no cost to workers), OR Employer will provide free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities to workers that will enable workers to prepare their own meals. Workers will repeat the spring/summer process in the late summer/early fall including moving colonies, removing/adding boxes when need for honey production, harvesting honey, and extracting the honey. Must have a minimum of three months beekeeping experience. Transportation of Colonies(Hives) Clarified: Coy Bee Company, LLC, does not engage in pollination or honey production outside of the state of Mississippi. Approximately 80 percent of the annual crop is produced in southern Mississippi, in the counties of Forrest, Stone, George, Hancock, Harrison, Jackson, and Pearl River. Workers will be in this location from January through June each year. The nature of beekeeping requires daily travel of distances up to 55 miles from primary work site. Each day begins and ends at primary work site. All transportation to/from fields each day is provided at no cost to workers by Employer owned work trucks: 1) 2015 Ford F550, 2)2014 Dodge Ram 3500. All employer owned vehicles meet all Federal/State licensure/insurance requirements and safety standards. Workers will travel to east central Mississippi for a minimum of one night/maximum of two nights consecutively during July through early September each year. This travel will be by employer owned vehicles (aforementioned work trucks) at no cost to workers. Employer will als

Job Classification:

45-2093.00 - Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

3

Special Requirements:

Must have three months beekeeping experience. Must have a valid driver's license or be able to obtain a valid driver's license within 30 days of arrival. Must have a clean driving record. Must produce and furnish to employer a current abstract showing acceptable driving record. Must be able to pass random drug/alcohol testing at employer's expense. Must NOT have bee- pollen- or honey-related allergies. Must be able to lift 50 pounds at a time throughout the work day. Must be able to bend, stoop, squat, lift, push, pull, climb, balance, sit, stand, throughout the work day. Must show proof of legal authority to work in the US. Must be available for entire specified period (01/12/2021-10/01/2021). Must be 18 years of age or older. Drug/Alcohol/Tobacco free work place.

Number of Hours Per Week:

44

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

7:00 A.M. - 4:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Trade Name/Doing Business As:

Coy Bee Company, LLC

Company Name:

Coy Bee Company, LLC

Location:

Wiggins, MS 39577

Worksite

Address:

358 Highway 13 - This is the primary work site., Wiggins, MS 39577

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-20316-909081

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

11/23/2020

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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