Fish and seafood processing worker

Beekeeper Helper in Faith, SD

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: Paul Taylor
Where: Faith, SD
Places: 6
Pay: $17.92 per hour
Visa: H-2A
Starts: 2027-01-15
Ends: 2027-10-31
Filed: 2026-11-02

What the work involves

All aspects of commercial beekeeping. Split and maintain beehives. Raising queen bees. Super bee hives. Feeding and medicating bees. Move hives to and from hive locations and shop. Harvest, extract and package honey. General maintenance and sanitation of shop and equipment.

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 $3,100 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