Sold Beekeeping Job Opportunity

[martinovincenzo]

Beekeeper wanted for a full time position managing approximately 80 hives for an estate outside of Truro, Cornwall.

Duties include

• routine inspection of colonies acrosscentral Cornwall
• Harvesting, extraction and jarring of honey
• Identifying and treating hives for pests and diseases
• Swarm catching and baiting across the estate
• Running around 6 beekeeping workshops per year for beginners.
• Queen rearing to sustain honey production colonies
• Hive maintenance, repair and construction.
• Apiary maintenance
• Honey deliveries.

A take home work truck (Nissan Navara or similar) is provided and the potential to rent (preferential rate) a cottage on the estate is available.



Please message me if you have any interest or enquiries.

 

[ericbeaumont]

What a lovely opportunity!
Pity I can't sell up in London...

 

[Newbeeneil]

Almost worth moving to a lovely part of the country with a part time job!

 

[Curly green finger's]

What a lovely opportunity!
Pity I can't sell up in London...

I was thinking the same

 

[maddydog]

Wow, full time pay plus benefits for a part-time job! I'd jump at that if I was single

 

[Newbeeneil]

Wow, full time pay plus benefits for a part-time job! I'd jump at that if I was single

Just realised if says “full time” I wonder what you would be doing the rest of the time? 80 hive wouldn’t keep a decent beekeeper busy for more than 2-3 days during the summer. Much less outside the busy season. .

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

I wonder what you would be doing the rest of the time?

6 beekeeping 'courses acting as delivery boy and I bet a lot more 'little' jobs would pop up once you turn up for a shift

 

[Newbeeneil]

6 beekeeping 'courses acting as delivery boy and I bet a lot more 'little' jobs would pop up once you turn up for a shift

Yes, probably nothing to do with beekeeping

 

[Curly green finger's]

Yes, probably nothing to do with beekeeping

Most estates like it if you have other skills, I’ve done landscaping since I’ve been working for mine.

 

[sipa]

Appart from the beekeeping duties, you are just going to be a goffer. No doubt the contract offered will have ill defined duties, get this nailed down excluding anything you really don't wish to do.
if you end up renting the cottage offered, they have you by the balls !

 

[maddydog]

Just realised if says “full time” I wonder what you would be doing the rest of the time? 80 hive wouldn’t keep a decent beekeeper busy for more than 2-3 days during the summer. Much less outside the busy season. .

I think you could blag it for 6-8 months of the year (especially if your queen grafts kept 'failing') but outside of that you'd be struggling to justify 1 day a week
With only 80 hives you're not even producing that much honey that'll need delivering

 

[ericbeaumont]

inspection of colonies across central Cornwall

Lot of time spent driving.

 

[pargyle]

Lot of time spent driving.

Especially in the summer when the grockles invade ...more likely stationary when one of their oversized caravans towed by a chelsea tractor can't reverse up one of the lanes that their GPS has inadvisedly taken them down ...

If you can bear to watch ...

https://www.google.com/search?q=you...ate=ive&vld=cid:5047c843,vid:N7AZ5YIb-5Y,st:0

 

[jenkinsbrynmair]

Especially in the summer when the grockles invade

they get mostly emmets in Cernyw