Join the team – Beekeepers

BEEKEEPERS – 6 MONTHS CONTRACT – UK Various Locations

Plan Bee Ltd – sustainability champions dedicated to halting the decline in honeybee numbers. We are beekeepers for companies throughout the UK including well-known Brand names, small businesses and also private individuals.

With our share of the honey, we produce our Origin™ range of honeys and Honeygar and our Beehive Brae™ brand of honey beers and mead.  These are sold in prestigious department stores, supermarkets, farm shops and specialist online retailers in the UK and overseas.

To help us tend to all our hives, we are looking to take on some temporary beekeepers to cover the 6 months between April and September.  Beekeepers will be responsible for a designated area and work to a detailed schedule of hive visits.  The role is client-facing and will involve travel.

You need to have a minimum 2 years’ commercial beekeeping experience with sound knowledge of beehive management, colony health and disease control.  You will need to have a full driver’s licence and be eligible to work in the UK.

Salary £25k pro rata.

Please send your current CV together with a covering letter outlining your experience and why you are applying for the role to the HR Officer via julia@planbeeltd.com