Job Description

Full Time:

Yes

Number of Workers Requested:

1

Job Duties:

Directly supervises and coordinates the following activities • Queen catching process • Health and production of mating nucleus yards • Management of big colonies • Management of treatment schedule for honeybee pests • Management of breeders and cell builders • Ensures sufficient double-up colonies are healthy and vigorous to produce queen bees • Maintain quality of queen bank for optimum queen longevity • Instructs workers on various tasks, including apiculture best practices, harvesting, and equipment operation ensuring they are completed in a timely and efficient manner while maintaining a positive work environment for all employees • Manage weekly packing of queens for sale and shipment. • Maintains records of production, inventory, and personnel actions • Identifies and resolves issues related to work methods, safety, and compliance Other Duties: • Arrive at work ready to work. Start and end time may vary depending on the needs of the production schedule. • Must have appropriate work clothes (long sleeves, light colored clothes and long pants) and hive tool holder on belt when clocking in to work. • Employee will have an assigned smoker which should be kept in good working condition and corked once work is completed for the day. • Miscellaneous duties including but not limited to washing and detailing trucks and vehicles and general maintenance duties like sweeping and trash removal. • Hawaiian Queen operates in an “all hands on deck” environment where you will sometimes be asked to do your part to “get the job done”. Required Qualifications:

Job Classification:

45-1011.00 - First-Line Supervisors of Farming, Fishing, and Forestry Workers

Job Requirements

Experience Required:

Yes

Months of Experience Required:

48

Special Requirements:

Four (4) years of progressively responsible experience in a commercial beekeeping company. Must include at least one (1) year of supervisory experience. Research beekeeping management practices Research genetic expression or characteristics of bee behavior Prepare scientific reports/presentations Develop beekeeping methods Identify internal and external anatomy of all castes Understand function of various structures of all castes Understand in-depth aspects of honey bee queen biology Understand and perform multiple queen rearing methods Understand major hive pest biology Implement various pest management strategies Understand and apply various chemical treatments for hive pests Understand and implement non-chemical methods of pest control, adopt Hawaiian Queen system of controls Identify plants that are pollinator supportive Be able to extract honey from a hive and understand honey handling Understand hone

Number of Hours Per Week:

45

Work Schedule (Start/End time):

6:30 A.M. - 3:00 P.M.

Employer Information

Trade Name/Doing Business As:

Hawaiian Queen

Company Name:

Hawaiian Queen Co., Inc

Location:

Captian Cook, HI 96704

Worksite

Address:

89-941 Hawaii Belt Rd, Captian Cook , HI 96704

Job Order Details

ETA Case Number:

H-300-25219-229497

Multiple Worksites:

No

Date Posted:

8/28/2025

Piece Rate Offer

$0.00

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