Beekeeper (Central Valley, CA)

Job Description

Job Description

About Beeflow

Beeflow is a biotech startup company that leverages scientific knowledge and technology to improve the impact of ecosystem services in agriculture. Beeflow creates and manages pollination programs for farmers with the goal of consistently increasing crop yields. The company combines scientific knowledge of crop pollination, bee biology & behavior and chemical ecology with proprietary technologies including molecules that help train bees to pollinate specific crops and a plant-based bee diet that enhances bees’ immune system. This novel approach to pollination management allows growers to produce more with less.

Based in California and with operations across the US West Coast, Mexico, Peru and Argentina, Beeflow closed an $8.3M Series A in May 2021 with Ospraie Ag Sciences, Future Ventures, Vectr Ventures, Jeff Wilke (former CEO of Worldwide Consumer at Amazon), SOSV and others. Beeflow’s team of experts includes biologists, ecologists, entomologists, agronomists, and entrepreneurs.

For more information about Beeflow, please visit www.beeflow.com.

About this role

The Beeflow Beekeeper is responsible for hands-on activities related to executing the Pollination Program. The position supports the delivery of quality hives to farms and the administration of Beeflow’s technologies for enhanced pollination.

Position is on an “on-call” basis, with the primary responsibility of auditing hives, and feeding them with our technologies. Hives need to be audited before and after the almond season. Availability is requested for 1-2 weeks end of January / beginning of February and, overall, availability would be approximately 2 weeks during each month from January-March.

Responsibilities

• Carry out hive audits to determine the quality of hives
• Monitor and report quality status through the pollination season
• Feed hives with Beeflow’s technologies with care and precision
• Keep hives productive and healthy to help with pollination needs.
• Inspect for mites or any other pest / disease.
• Conduct hive movement to ranches within district(s).
• Repair any damaged hives and assemble hives.
• Operate heavy machinery (forklifts, flatbeds, trailers, etc...).
• Ability to work shifts ranging from 6 to 16 hours during the day or occasionally during the night.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

Work Environment

Benefits

Compensation Target : 25 / hourly

Beeflow reserves the ability to adjust the compensation range based on the final candidate’s experience, skillset, and geography.