Farm and agricultural worker

Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals in Larimore, ND

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: Dietzler Honey LLC
Where: Larimore, ND
Places: 11
Pay: $14.29 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-15
Ends: 2027-11-10
Filed: 2026-11-02

What the work involves

Get bees out of wintering and preparing hives for warm weather; raises honey bees to produce honey and maintain colony health through feed/supplements; find and cage queens, install queen cells; assembles bee hives, inserts honeycomb of bees into hives; forces bees from hives; uncaps harvested honeycombs and extracts approx. 50 pounds of honey from honeycombs; must be able to lift 50 pound boxes for honey transport; moving bee boxes from hives to extracting facility; supering beehives; prepare hives for winter; repairing and maintaining farm vehicles and equipment; loading products into trucks and driving to market or storage facilities; cleaning work areas; trapping pests; driving farm vehicle to obtain supplies, honey extracting equipment, and misc. tools used to work with honey bees; minor daily and incidental upkeep to equipment, worksite, and colony boxes. Must have some knowledge of beekeeping; must speak English language. Must not have bee or pollen related allergies. Approximate staggered entry: 2 workers to begin Jan 15 and 6 workers to begin March 15.

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.

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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 $2,472 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