Farm and agricultural worker

Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals in Laveen, AZ

This is an H-2A job order, which means the employer has already applied to hire workers from outside the United States for it.

Employer: Desert Valley Honey LLC
Where: Laveen, AZ
Places: 3
Pay: $15.15 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-05
Ends: 2027-11-05
Filed: 2026-10-22

What the work involves

The beekeeper will work with beehives, feeding hives, splitting, treating illness, moving hives, extracting honey, melting the wax, fixing and building bee boxes, pallets, lids, cover hives with shade pallets, run extracting equipment. Swap Queen bee, help the colony to produce honey, pollen and bees. Clean and maintain honeycomb areas. Duties might include driving required operating motorized vehicles, forklift, use of air tools, table and chop saws, and other woodworking tools. The worker must perform work by employer’s terms and standards and observe safety precautions at work. Position involves working with bees and possible exposure to bee stings. Must bend, lift, and sustain up to 75 lbs, and work outdoors under extreme weather conditions.

How to apply

Apply directly with the employer named above. Workmerica is not an agency, takes no fee and is not involved in this hiring.

Open the original job order

Source: U.S. Department of Labor, Seasonal Jobs.

What that comes to in a month

At forty hours a week, the rate in this filing works out at about $2,621 a month before tax. That is the standard full-time month of 173 hours; overtime, deductions and the cost of getting there are not in it.

How the work permit works in the United States

Employer-sponsored temporary or permanent labor certification. The employer files with the Department of Labor first. Which programme applies depends on the work and whether it is seasonal.

Published by U.S. Department of Labor, foreign labor certification