Beekeeper

Supervisors: Lead Beekeeper, Account Manager

Location: Morrisville, NC

About Bee Downtown:

Bee Downtown is a Forbes and INC Magazine 30 Under 30 startup based out of Raleigh/Durham, North Carolina with beehives and corporate hive programs in cities across the United States. At Bee Downtown we believe in the power of using sustainable beekeeping and urban agriculture to help reshape how people think and live within our environment. The Bee Downtown Corporate Hive Program installs and maintains beehives in cities and semi-urban environments to support the cultivation of healthy honeybee populations while simultaneously providing year-round employee engagement and kinetic programming to our partners and their employees. The second division of Bee Downtown is the BDT Leadership Institute, a leader development institute for corporations and their employees based in Biomimicry, created to teach about effective leadership through the mindset of a hive.

Job Description:

The Bee Downtown Beekeeping and Field Operations Support is a full-time job of 40 hours per week. The Bee Downtown Beekeeping and Field Operations Support works closely with the Bee Downtown beekeepers in their area to maintain all Bee Downtown beehives. They will help with basic beekeeping tasks and duties while also working to keep the warehouse organized, all equipment cleaned and prepped to be ready for use at all times, respond to teammate requests, and to aid in organizational and work tasks needed by the beekeepers and the office team.

Responsibilities of the Beekeeping and Field Operations Support will include:

● Keeping bees at partner apiaries in Raleigh/Durham

● Working with other BDT beekeepers to complete maintenance routes and apiary excellence tasks throughout the work day

● General maintenance at customer sites like cutting grass, mixing sugar feed/feeding bees, installing signage, repairing fencing, etc.

● Pick-up/drop-off of materials

● Caring for tools and equipment/setting up the organization of the tools and equipment areas

● Creating and maintaining inventory documents

● Cleaning of Bee Downtown vehicles and prepping vehicles for the week

Required Skills:

● 2 years of beekeeping experience

● Experience maintaining and managing multiple hives/apiaries

● Understanding of Integrated Pest Management

● Valid NC Driver’s License and good driving record

● Ability to troubleshoot many and varied problems with machines, wood, painting, organization of space, and painting

● Woodworking: basic level of understanding of woodworking and the machinery/tools associated with it

● A demonstrated ability to be a team player

● Has excellent organization skills, can keep storage facilities safe and organized, and shows respect through diligent care of equipment

● Willingness to switch gears quickly and do whatever tasks are needed at the given time.

● Comfortable working around bees and agriculture (experience with beekeeping not necessary, but will need to be comfortable around bees on a regular basis)

● A great attitude

● Accountable for making sure goals and needs are being met, while not compromising the quality of work

● An independent thinker and worker, comfortable working autonomously, understanding what needs to be done and prioritizing it accordingly

● Ability to lift 50+ pounds regularly

● Ability to walk/stand at least 7.5 hours a day

Desired Skills:

● Proficient in email, spreadsheet creation, general understanding of Google Drive

● Able to help with general partner programming creation tasks as well like honey bottling, program kit assembly, packaging and shipping on a small volume, etc.

● Beekeeping experience/ or a willingness to learn about bees and Bee Downtown’s beekeeping practices.

● Enthusiastic and goal-oriented

● Great verbal communication skills, able to speak honestly and easily with all teammates

At Bee Downtown we look to bring new teammates onto our team who believe deeply in our mission and vision as a company. We look for teammates who are equally as passionate about their work as we are about ours. We are still a young startup with a small team and look only to bring people on to our team that want to help build this company and be a special part of creating something special. A great attitude and desire to support teammates whenever, wherever possible is crucial. We are looking for a teammate who wants to be part of a team, and will go above and beyond to help their teammates out at all times.