Beekeeper
Barbara Lemoine
About this opportunity
Workers will perform commercial beekeeping activities associated with the care and maintenance of approximately 800 honeybee colonies. Workers will work with honeybees in all stages of development, including eggs, larvae, pupae, worker bees, drones, and queen bees. Workers will inspect colonies to evaluate colony strength, food stores, brood condition, queen condition, and overall colony health.
- Dates
- Oct 31, 2026 – Aug 8, 2027
- Duration
- ~9 months
- Experience
- Not required / not stated
- Category
- agriculture
Requirements
- Experience not required / not stated
- Once hired worker may be required to submit to a random drug test at no cost to worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment. The employer may terminate a worker if a worker: refuses without justified cause to perform work for which the worker was recruited and hired
- or commits a serious act of misconduct
- or fails, after completing any training period, to be able to perform all of the tasks described in the job order. If the worker voluntarily abandons employment before the end of the contract period or is terminated for cause, and the employer notifies the SWA, DOL, and USCIS in the case of an H2A worker, the employer will not be responsible for providing or paying for the subsequent transportation and subsistence expenses of that worker, and the worker is not entitled to the three-fourths guarantee.
- Honeybees/Honey.
- increase the number of colonies
- make colony splits/divides
- raise, locate, introduce, and replace queen bees and queen cells
- and remove excess queen cells when necessary to manage colony reproduction and prevent unwanted swarming or colony division.
- Workers may operate trucks, trailers, forklifts, tractors, all-terrain vehicles, and other agricultural or beekeeping equipment when necessary to transport and maintain colonies and equipment, provided the worker is legally qualified and authorized to operate the particular equipment.
Work authorization
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- Work authorization
- H-2A Temporary Agricultural Worker
- International candidates
- Yes
- Employer sponsorship
- Required
- Confirmation
- Confirmed by source
- Official source
- U.S. Department of Labor
Benefits & conditions
- Housing
- Employer-provided (including mobile or range) — From Baton Rouge take I10W to exit 151 to US190W turn LA1N turn left after the Subway turn left on LA1N/LA10W turn right on S Preston St turn left on Andrus St turn right on LA107N turn right on LA115N turn right on LA1206 . Family housing not available. Workers will be responsible for maintaining housing in a neat, clean manner when occupied. Repair cost of damage, other than normal wear and tear will be deducted from the earnings. If both male and female workers are hired: separate toilet,
- Transportation
- THE EMPLOYER IS NOT A FARM LABOR CONTRACTOR! The employer shall provide transportation between ALL employer-provided housing and ALL worksite and for personal errands (e.g., groceries, banking services) in the form of pickups, cars, vans, self-propelled farm machinery (ex. tractor, combine, sprayer, harvester, truck), or other common means controlled/operated by the employer between the place where the employer has provided housing to the actual work site and return at the end of the workday.
How to apply
E-mail: bobbieoffice1@gmail.com; Tel: +13182017533; URL: www.louisianaworks.net
- bobbiesoffice1@gmail.com
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Official source
U.S. DOL SeasonalJobs
- Case number
- JO-A-300-26244-209049
- Verification
- Last verified: September 20, 2026
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