Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals

H-2A seasonal job with Smith's Honey Farm LLC in Petal, Mississippi. Pay: $9.95/hr. Work period: 2027-01-01 to 2027-10-25. Positions: 4. About 50 hours a week. The employer's full description is in English on the official DOL job order.

Attend to live bees to produce honey and maintain colony health through feed/supplements; Medicate bees; Find and cage queens, install queen cells; Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment, boxes, yards, and fences; Inspect, maintain, and repair equipment such as bee boxes, lids, and pallets; Assemble bee hives, inserts honeycomb of bees into hives; Force bees from hives; Drive equipment between extracting and field; Put on and take off supers; Uncap harvested honeycombs and extract honey from honeycombs; Move equipment or livestock from one location to another manually or using trucks; Sort/clean boxes and comb, remove dead colonies & other related duties; Make colony divisions; Graft queen cells; Treat colonies for disease and parasites; Graft larvae for raising queen bees, Set up and maintain queen-cell starter and finisher colonies; Load/unload trucks; Grade hives; Check for disease and overall health; Work outdoors, exposed to weather, hot or cold; No cell phone use during work hours; Drive farm vehicle to obtain supplies, honey extracting equipment, and misc. tools used to work with honey bees; Clean work areas and maintain grounds and landscaping.

Work period: 2027-01-01 to 2027-10-25. Positions: 4.

Requirements: Six (6) months recent and verifiable experience with references required as a beekeeper. May not have bee, pollen or honey-related allergies. Must be able to obtain a drivers following hire and obtain clean driving record. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Once hired, worker may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing positive for an illegal/controlled substance or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment.