Overwintering Beekeeper
Boston Honey Company, Inc.
📍 Hortense, GA · Brantley County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26258-236642
- 📞 Phone: +1 (508) 380-8255
- ✉️ Email: andy@bostonhoneycompany.com
Employer instructions
Candidates are encouraged to register at nearest State Workforce Agency employment office, to receive terms and conditions of employment. Applicants should apply for job opportunity at nearest
SWA office. (20 CFR
655.1520)). SWA advises applicants of material terms and conditions of employment, and only refers applicants for employment if applicant confirms he or she is qualified, able, willing, and available to do the duties required. (20 CFR 655.155). SWA refers applicants to employer by contacting the farm. Candidates may call for interview during hours listed below. Employer makes hiring decision upon verification of employment qualifications.
Interview Hours: Monday through Friday from 10am to 2pm to apply.
✉️ Application email template in English
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Subject: Application for Overwintering Beekeeper (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26258-236642
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Crops/Commodities: Honey. The Overwintering Beekeeper performs manual and mechanical beekeeping work during the winter maintenance period, when colonies are held in Georgia yards between the end of honey production and the start of pollination contracts. This position does not include honey harvest or extraction, queen rearing, colony divides, or work in New York.
The worker inspects overwintering hives on a regular schedule, checks food stores, and feeds colonies with syrup, fondant, or pollen substitute as needed. The worker applies mite, disease, and pest treatments, monitors for small hive beetle, wax moth, and predation, and removes or combines weak or dead colonies. The worker keeps hives protected from cold and moisture by adjusting entrances, insulation, and ventilation and by repairing or reinforcing hive bodies, bottom boards, and covers.
The worker prepares hives and equipment in Georgia for shipment to almond pollination contracts, including grading colonies, strapping and netting hives, staging pallets, and loading and unloading with hand tools. The worker also builds, repairs, cleans, and paints hive boxes, frames, and pallets and helps with routine upkeep of the shop and yard sites.
Work is outdoors in all weather with prolonged standing, walking, bending, stooping, and repetitive motion. The worker must lift and carry up to 75 pounds, have no fear of bees and no allergy to bee stings or hive products, and wear employer provided protective equipment when required. Daily schedules may change with weather and colony condition. A five day trial period will evaluate proficiency in the essential duties.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 3 months |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 75 lb |
Exposure to extreme temp, lifting 75 lbs, repetitive movements, extensive pushing and pulling, extensive walking, frequent stooping.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 8:00 A.M. – 4:30 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Hortense, Ga) |
| Housing | No tenancy in employer-provided housing is created by this arrangement. The employer retains possession and control of the housing premises at all times. Workers provided housing under the terms of this Clearance Order shall vacate the housing promptly upon termination of employment with the employer. |
| Meals | Housing will be clean and meet the applicable Federal and State Housing Standards. Workers will be responsible for maintaining housing in a neat, clean manner. Reasonable repair cost of damage, other than that caused by normal wear and tear, may be subject to court action for workers found to have been responsible for damage to housing or furnishing. Housing and utilities are provided at no cost to workers who are unable to return to their place of residence the same day. The employer will furnish free cooking facilities so workers may prepare their own meals. Free transportation will be provided once a week to grocery store so workers can purchase their groceries. |
| Daily transportation | Employer offers transportation at no cost to workers from Employer-provided housing to the worksite and return on a daily basis using any combination of van, truck and car depending on crop conditions and locations. Such transportation will be in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. Use of this transportation is voluntary. Workers are free to use their own transportation and are not required, as a condition of employment, to utilize any transportation offered by the Employer. |
| Travel to the job | For workers who complete 50% of the work period, the company will reimburse the worker for costs incurred by the worker for transportation and reasonable subsistence from the place from which the worker has come to work for the employer. Employees transportation will be arranged to and from their country of origin by either plane, train, bus, taxi service or employer vehicle. The company may elect, at the Company's sole discretion and/or if required by law. |
| Pay deductions | All applicable state and federal taxes required will be withheld The employer will not guarantee to pay the worker a bonus but reserves the right to offer a bonus or to pay an hourly wage rate in excess of highest applicable rate stated above based on longevity of tenure or job performance. |
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| Case number | JO-A-300-26258-236642 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | Growers Labor Support LLC |
| Posted | Sep 30, 2026 |