Local Beekeeping Partner | Richmond

About us 🐝 Alvéole is on a mission to connect people with nature in cities, one building at a time. As a certified B Corporation since 2018, we believe business can be a force for good. We partner with the world’s leading real estate companies to turn sustainability into an experience that tenants can see, touch, and feel.

Through rooftop beehives and educational biodiversity programs, we help our clients meet their environmental goals while engaging communities and strengthening their brands. You can find our work in (and on) thousands of properties across North America and Europe, driven by a belief that business and biodiversity can thrive together. buzz Opportunity: Urban Beekeeper Location: Richmond and surrounding area Type of contract: 1099 Contractor Time commitment: Flexible Starting date: March 2026 Looking for a flexible way to share your beekeeping expertise?

Want more time with your hands in hives? We’re looking for local beekeepers to partner with us and share the world of bees with our engaged communities.

What You'Ll Do

for Alvéole as an Urban Beekeeper: Maintain honey bee hives at client sites on a three-week service cycle, performing a range of tasks to support colony health throughout the beekeeping season. Install new hives and related equipment at client locations. Conduct routine hive inspections and maintenance.

Be responsible for the complete honey harvest directly from the hives (targeting a yield of 30 pounds per hive per season) and manage the final delivery of the product. Collect samples and field data to monitor hive health and environmental conditions. Complete accurate record-keeping and service reports using Alvéole’s digital tools.

Perform pest and parasite monitoring and treat as required. Facilitate educational workshops and engage the public in beekeeping and biodiversity topics. Regularly travel by car to client sites, apiary yards, equipment depots, and bee suppliers.

Engage with clients during visits and workshops to explain Alvéole’s services, including beehives, beehomes, and biodiversity data collection. , Zuper) What’s in It for You: Work for yourself : Do what you do best without the level of oversight and commitment that comes with joining a company as an employee. Share the wonderful world of bees : Lead workshops and be an ambassador for pollinators and food systems, bringing your bees-for-brains expertise to an engaged city audience that's eager to learn A global beekeeping network : Join our Hive-Mind!

Compensation

: Get paid a base rate paid monthly for every contract you take on, regardless of seasonal fluctuations or weather Custom scheduling : We build your schedules around your capacity and availability Focus on the bees : Your focus is on bee health and client visits. We take care of all the internal back and forth and administration!