What are the responsibilities and job description for the Beekeeper position at Beeflow?
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. They report to the Beekeeping Lead.
Responsibilities
- Carry out hive audits for selection of hives to be placed at farms, and during removals to better understand hive health
- 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
- Support our 3rd Party Beekeepers with deliveries or removals to farms if needed, including placement of markers on farms to indicate where hives should be placed
- Repair and report any damaged hives and assemble hives
- Ability to work shifts ranging from 6 to 16 hours during the day or occasionally during the night, if needed
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Fluency in English and Spanish is highly preferred.
- Knowledge and experience of the farming industry and issues, ideally within the local region.
- Not allergic to bee stings.
- Minimum one year of beekeeping experience is required.
- Valid driver’s license with a clean driving record.
- Ability to travel to other nearby cities/regions in order to take audits of hives and administer feedings independently if required.
- Able to lift up to 50lbs.
