Employment

Employment Opportunities

Interested? Reach out at 630-660-9846 or citybeesavers@gmail.com

Beekeeper Opportunities

We have beekeeper positions available throughout the spring, summer, and fall seasons.

Bee & Wasp Removal Opportunities

There are several positions available for steady bee & wasp removal work from mid-summer to late fall each year.

BEEKEEPING

There are two primary beekeeping positions available: hive management and honey bee removal.

Beekeeping

City Bee Savers manages between 200 - 250 colonies during the summer. The majority of those colonies are part of our Bee Buddy Program. The remaining hives are maintained for clients. This is a rare opportunity to learn professional beekeeping skills from Bill, while observing most honey bee characteristics throughout the spring, summer, and fall seasons.

SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
  • Beekeeping experience is helpful, but not required
  • Ability to lift between 50 lbs and 75 lbs
  • Have your own transportation
  • Some carpentry skills
  • Works quickly
  • Can record notes about each colony
JOB DESCRIPTION:
  • Help maintain beehives in the Western Suburbs and on top of buildings in Chicago's Loop (inspections every 9 days)
  • Assist with queen rearing in West Chicago and Wheaton
  • Start new hives (NUCs) throughout the summer
  • Check and treat for mites
  • Feed in the spring and fall when needed
  • Assemble hive boxes
  • Help correct colony problems when they arise
  • Help extract and bottle honey
  • Write hive status reports

BEE & WASP REMOVAL

We will train you on all types of removals and supply you with a kit with required tools and equipment.

BEE & WASP REMOVAL

City Bee Savers performs over 100 honey bee removals and over 755 wasp and hornet removals per summer. The removal processes demands that you have skills that include a fair knowledge of carpentry and a good eye for detective work.

SKILL REQUIREMENTS:
  • Willing to climb ladders (15')
  • Can carry large ladders
  • Must have some carpentry skills or have the ability to learn
  • Good at evaluating situations
  • Must have a vehicle to travel to job sites around Chicagoland area
  • Must have phone and ability to text pictures
  • Works safely and efficiently
JOB DESCRIPTION:
  • Coordinate job address, dates, and specifics with our communications director
  • Maintain phone contact with our certified tech
  • Assess the type of removal, i.e. in ground, tree, soffit, wall, attic, etc...
  • Identify the species and find the exact nest location
  • If nest is in a home, assess how you'll access the nest. This may require removing soffit covering, etc.
  • Remove nest (spray during process), bag the nest and all refuse, clean and remove any mess
  • If it isn't possible to remove nest, understand how to treat nest foragers effectively