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Queen Bee Rearing Specialist
- Country: United States
- Visa type: H-2A
- Job ID: (Open on offer list)
- Employer name: Confidential
- Employees needed: 5
- E-mail (employer): Confidential
- E-mail (agent): Confidential
- Phone: Confidential
- Agent phone: Confidential
- Working hours per week: 48
- Wage: 18.6 USD / Hour
- Start date: 01/01/2027
- End date: 10/31/2027
- Process date: 10/22/2026 13:27:45
- Submit date: Confidential
- Offer description:
Maintaining and caring for bee colonies, including inspecting hives, identifying and treating diseases, and monitoring colony health; managing beekeeping equipment; harvesting honey, wax, and propolis safely; controlling pests; feeding and watering bees; staying updated on beekeeping research; adapting to environmental and weather changes; planning colony management (splitting, swarm control, queen rearing); monitoring queen and colony health; selecting strong colonies for breeding; setting up and managing queen cells; maintaining breeding stock and tracking genetics; breeding queens for desirable traits (disease resistance, honey production, temperament); safely operating equipment (queen marking tools, cage boxes, feeding apparatus, pressure washers); maintaining, cleaning, and sanitizing apiary facilities, equipment, tools, and protective gear; building, feeding, caging queens, and adding royal cells back to "mating nucs". Workers will be responsible for adhering to health and safety guidelines; collaborating with the apiary team; properly managing and disposing of waste; and maintaining organized records of cleaning schedules, tasks, and supplies & other related Queen Bee Rearing Specialist activities as per SOC/OES 45-2093 (onetonline.org). Possible weekend/holiday work. The employer may choose to pay experienced workers, regardless of origin, more than the published minimum wage rate. See attached Addendum C.