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Beekeeper

Timothy W. Hollmann
Dante, SOUTH DAKOTA

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Source last checked: 11/15/2026

Job summary

Livestock and animal-care worker

Pay: $17.92 / hour
Contract start / Contract end: 1/20/2027 to 11/20/2027
Education: No minimum education required

Experience required: Yes · 3 months of experience

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Job conditions

Pay: $17.92 / hour
Positions offered: 5 positions
Schedule: Full time
Contract start: 1/20/2027
Contract end: 11/20/2027
Visa type: H-2A
Address: 401 Haines Street
ZIP code: 57329
Hours per week: 40

Duties and description

Original English description

Crops/Commodities: Bees.
Primary duties (performed the majority of workdays):
Perform manual and mechanical duties related to commercial beekeeping and honey production. Must be familiar with working with bees in all stages, from egg through mature workers, drones and queens. Must work all aspects of beekeeping.
Make, paint and clean boxes, lids, frames and pallets. Assemble hives using hand tools. Inserts honeycombs into hive. Access colony to determine if food or medicine is needed. Feed and medicate bees for diseases, parasites, mites and pests. Sterilize hive and burn diseased hive or bee colony. Maintaining hives in a healthy state and increasing number of hives.
Work in queen breeding yard. Raise and replace queens. Make divides. Prepare bees and bee equipment for pollination.
Harvest/extract honey. Manipulate and service hive structures. Haul bees to and from different hive locations. Must respond correctly to bees to harmonize with their natural cycle and keep them in the healthiest state possible for survival and profitability.
Must have no fear of bees and be non-allergic to bee stings, pollen, honey or other products of the hive.
Perform mechanized extraction. Must be familiar with mechanized extraction equipment. Cap and handle combs. Mechanically separate wax from honey. Maintain extraction equipment. Assist with refining wax and processing honey. Prepare honey by filtration and/or moisture reduction before final packaging. Blend and filter wax before final packaging for sale.
Mow, cut, and weed fields. Perform ditching, shoveling, hoeing, hauling, ground preparation, and other manual tasks. Bending, stooping and kneeling required. Use hand tools including but not limited to hoes, shovels, shears, clippers, loppers, and saws. Lift, carry, and load/unload products or supplies. Use power equipment including but not limited to: tractors, planters, mowers, plows, sprayers, cultivators, power shears, chain saws, high lifts, forklifts and skid loaders. Must operate agricultural equipment safely, with or without direction. Assist with general farm/field maintenance and repairs. Repair fences.
Must wear assigned personal protective equipment when required. Must report for work daily wearing work clothing and boots or other durable foot wear. Workers wearing clothing inappropriate for work will not be permitted to start work.
Outdoor work required when plants are wet, or during light rain, snow, moderate winds, direct sun, high humidity and extreme temperatures. Temperatures in fields during working hours may vary. Workers may be required to work during occasional showers not severe enough to stop field operations. Allergies to ragweed, goldenrod, honey bees, insecticides, herbicides, fungicides, or related chemicals may affect a worker's ability to perform the job. Work is done outdoors for long periods of time and requires prolonged periods of standing and/or walking, repetitive movements, and frequent bending and/or stooping. Workers must be able to handle, lift, and carry heavy or bulky objects (product, containers) in accordance with the specified lifting requirements.
Employer-paid post-hire random, upon suspicion, and post-accident drug testing required. Clean driving record required. Must have or be able to obtain driver's license within 30 days following hire. Workers with a clean driving record (no major moving violations such as but not limited to Driving While Intoxicated or Reckless Driving) and possessing or able to obtain an insurable driver's license may drive company vehicles. Workers with appropriate licenses may transport other workers to and from employer-provided housing directly to worksites each day and may transport workers around farms during the workday, may transport crops, supplies, tools and/or equipment/supplies between employer's farm locations, on private or public roads.

Requirements and occupation

Education: No minimum education required
Occupation: Livestock and animal-care worker
Experience required: Yes
Minimum experience: 3 months of experience

This job requires a minimum of 3 months of agricultural experience, preferably handling both manual and mechanized tasks. Applicants must be able to furnish verbal or written statement establishing relevant prior work experience. Saturday work required. Must be able to lift/carry 60 lbs. Employer-paid post-hire drug testing required. Clean driving record required. Must have or be able to obtain driver's license within 30 days of hire.

Additional requirements are listed in the job description.

Listing information

Case number: H-300-26310-347333
Case status: Acceptance issued

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