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H-2A

Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals

  • Smith's Honey Farm LLC
  • Petal, MISSISSIPPI

Source last checked: 10/28/2026

Job summary

Livestock and animal-care worker

Pay
$9.95 / hour
Contract start / Contract end
1/1/2027 to 10/25/2027
Education
No minimum education required

Experience required: Yes · 6 months of experience

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Job conditions

Pay
$9.95 / hour
Positions offered
4 positions
Schedule
Full time
Contract start
1/1/2027
Contract end
10/25/2027
Visa type
H-2A
Address
18 Honey Farm Lane
ZIP code
39465
Hours per week
50

Additional pay information

AEWR; US Workers: MS: $9.95; H2A Workers: MS: $8.84

Duties and description

Original English description
  • 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.

Requirements and occupation

Education
No minimum education required
Occupation
Livestock and animal-care worker
Experience required
Yes
Minimum experience
6 months of experience

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.

Additional requirements are listed in the job description.

Listing information

Case number
H-300-26292-308569
Case status
Certification issued

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