Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals

H-2A seasonal job with Wonderful Bees in Mckittrick, California. Pay: $16.90/hr. Work period: 2026-12-20 to 2027-04-01. Positions: 26. About 49 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, worksite, yards, etc.; Perform basic housing maintenance and facility care including yard work, minor repairs, and general upkeep; Assemble bee hives, inserts honeycomb of bees into hives; Force bees from hives; Put on and take off supers; Uncap harvested honeycombs and extract honey from honeycombs; Move equipment or bees from one location to another manually or using trucks; Drive farm vehicle to obtain supplies, honey extracting equipment, and misc. tools used to work with honey bees; Clean work area.

Work period: 2026-12-20 to 2027-04-01. Positions: 26.

Requirements: Three (3) months recent and verifiable experience with references required as a beekeeper. May not have bee, pollen or honey-related allergies. Must be able to lift 75 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.