Farm Workers And Laborers, Beekeepers, Pollination & Honey

Job description

This application encompasses beekeeping, pollination and honey for apples, cherries, peaches, carrots and onions.

This job requires a minimum of 3 months of commercial beekeeping experience.

Worker may be stung by bees (must not be allergic to bees or insect stings).

All other duties assigned under this order will be those duties of Seasonal Bee Keeping, Itinerant Bee Keeping under the Bureau of Labor Statistics Occupational Employment Statistics Standard Occupational Classification Code 45-2093.
The lifting requirement for this position is 70 pounds.

Beekeeping duties: split, medicate and check bee health, harvest honey, pollenate, re-queen, feed hives, keep bee yards clean and free of debris.

Worker will move beehives into proper placement for pollination, in addition to extracting and processing honey.

Special Requirements

Prohibited and Unacceptable Conduct
Per 20 CFR 655.135 (j), The employer and its agents have not sought or received payment of any kind from any employee subject to 8 U.S.C. 1188 for any activity related to obtaining H-2A labor certification, including payment of the employer's attorneys' fees, application fees, or recruitment costs. For purposes of this paragraph, payment includes, but is not limited to, monetary payments, wage concessions (including deductions from wages, salary, or benefits), kickbacks, bribes, tributes, in kind payments, and free labor.

This provision does not prohibit employers or their agents from receiving reimbursement for costs that are the responsibility and primarily for the benefit of the worker, such as government-required passport, or visa fees. Worker will be reimbursed should the worker receive a visa and arrive at the place of work.