Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals
Coy Bee Company, LLC
📍 Wiggins, MS · Forrest County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26301-328466
- 📞 Phone: +1 (580) 744-4031
- 🌐 Website: app.agri-placements.com/coy-bee-company-llc/jobs/11985
Employer instructions
Please contact the employer point of contact listed on Form ETA-790 Section II. Box 4. at the phone number found at Section G Box 2. Potential U.S. workers (referrals) will be accepted from the local Job Service Office, through word-of-mouth, gate hires (walk-up workers), and other sources. All applicants should be thoroughly familiarized with the job specifications and terms and conditions of employment on the job order. Only workers meeting all qualifications of the job order should be referred by the Job Service Office. In the event the employer receives phone calls or walk-up workers interested in the job offer, the employer must inform the worker of the job requirements and duties, must consider the worker for the job based on the workers qualifications, and must report the results in the final recruitment report submitted to the U.S. Department of Labor. The employer may utilize various delivery methods for contact through mail, email, phone, website, and in the event that any delivery method is not functioning and you've utilized all contact methods, please contact the State Workforce Agency (SWA) for further assistance. The best day/time to contact the employer is Monday-Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
✉️ Application email template in English
Replace what is in brackets [ ] with your details. If the employer asked for another way to apply, follow their instructions.
Subject: Application for Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26301-328466
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Beekeeper Farm Worker possible duties: Workers will perform many beekeeping tasks while on the job. In the spring, workers will divide colonies(hives) to make starter colonies(hives) and to increase overall number of colonies(hives) for optimum honey production. This involves assembling wooden and/or plastic bee boxes, inserting frames into these boxes, shaking boxes to remove bees, scooping bees with hand-held container, pouring bees into empty (frame only) boxes, loading/unloading trucks with forklift (if pallets) or hand-stacking empty boxes on truck bed, feeding hives, checking/evaluating colonies(hives) for disease, evaluating overall health of colonies(hives), moving the bees to honey production locations, picking up/carrying/hand-stacking dead colonies(hives/boxes). Workers will be lifting, pushing, pulling, loading/unloading, carrying objects up to 50 lbs; may climb, balance, sit, stoop, bend, squat, clean equipment and grounds area. Workers will also harvest honey by forcing bees from boxes using smoker and physically lifting boxes of honey for transport to extraction facility on company owned vehicle. Workers will operate extraction equipment at the necessary time under supervision of Employer/Steven Coy. When weather is not conducive to work in the bee yards, there is shop work to do in the form of maintenance/repair of vehicles, equipment, bee boxes, pallets, box lids, barreling of honey, cleaning/labeling/stacking barrels, and possibly other related beekeeper farm worker activities as per SOC/OES 45- 2093 (onetonline.org). Employer operates a drug/Alcohol/Tobacco free work place. Must speak and understand English.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 6 months |
| Other requirements | Driver's license required Lifting up to 50 lb Drug test |
Six (6) months recent and verifiable experience with references required as a beekeeper. May not have bee, pollen or honey-related allergies. Must be able to obtain a drivers following hire and obtain clean driving record. Must be able to lift 50 lbs. Once hired, worker may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing positive for an illegal/controlled substance or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 3:30 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Weekly |
| Pay details | AEWR; US Workers: IA: $19.52, MS: $15.04; H2A Workers: IA: $18.28, MS: $13.93 |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Wiggins, Ms) |
| Meals | Employer will provide three (3) meals per day to the worker In public accommodations if kitchen/cooking facilities are unavailable. Employer will furnish free and convenient cooking and kitchen facilities, all of which are in working order, including refrigeration, space for food preparation, cooking accessories and utensils, appliances, and dishwashing facilities so that workers may prepare their own meals. Kitchen facilities include adequate sinks with hot and cold water under pressure. Employer will provide transportation once a week to assure workers access to stores where they can purchase groceries, when the employer is providing cooking and kitchen facilities. In employer provided housing. |
| Daily transportation | See Addendum C |
| Travel to the job | See Addendum C |
| Pay deductions | See Addendum C |
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| Case number | JO-A-300-26301-328466 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Employer's agent or attorney | AGRI PLACEMENTS INTERNATIONAL |
| Posted | Oct 29, 2026 |