Beekeeper
St. Joe Valley Apiaries
📍 Trenton, FL · Gilchrist County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26306-336432
- 📞 Phone: +1 (269) 506-5039
- ✉️ Email: sjvapiaries@yahoo.com
Employer instructions
Applicants should apply for the job opportunity at the nearest office of the SWA in the State. Contact: Scott Barnes, 16248 M 216, Three Rivers, Michigan 49093, Phone: (269) 506-5039. Employer will remain available for pre-determined interview appointments on Monday - Friday, 7 AM-5 PM
✉️ 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 Beekeeper (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26306-336432
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Grade and prep bees for pollination. Load and unload bee hives. Move hives to and from various bee yards and pollination fields. Raise and select queen bees. Split and requeen hives. Feed, medicate and maintain healthy bee colonies. Prepare bee colonies to be shipped out of state for honey production. Build and repair bee hives. Light maintenance to vehicles. General facility maintenance and upkeep.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 3 months |
| Other requirements | Driver's license required Lifting up to 50 lb |
Must be able to provide references to verify experience. Must be able to work for the entire itinerary and join the employer at any one of the locations that the employer has a crew located at that time. No fear of/non-allergic to bees/pollen. Able to lift up to 50 lbs. repetitively. Driver's license in 30 days.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 8:00 A.M. – 6:00 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Biweekly |
| Pay details | Wage offer for H-2A workers only is $15.00 per hour |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Trenton, Fl) |
| Housing | Employer-owned. |
| Meals | Fully furnished kitchen provided. Workers will have access to grocery stores at least once per week. |
| Daily transportation | The employer will drive the workers to and from the jobsite and housing as necessary on a day-to-day basis. There is no set schedule; generally, the workers will travel to and from the jobsite just before and after the workday. The employer will also drive the workers for personal errands and groceries at least once per week. The vehicles used by the employer include two pickup trucks that seat 3 passengers each, two pick up trucks that seat 6 passengers each, and a truck that seats 5. |
| Travel to the job | The employer will provide advance transportation for reasonable (most economical) common carrier or other transportation which conforms to the Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) in bound transportation (if it is the prevailing practice). If not the prevailing practice, the employer will reimburse the worker for transportation costs and subsistence to the employer's work site when the worker completes 50% of the work period. |
| Pay deductions | The following deduction will be made: Taxes, if applicable under Federal, State, and local law from U.S. Workers, FICA Taxes, & Federal Income Tax Withholding. Willful or negligent destruction of property. No deductions will be made which would bring the employee's hourly wage below the Federal Minimum Wage. If workers request and receive a pay advance, that amount will later be deducted from their paycheck. |
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| Case number | JO-A-300-26306-336432 |
|---|---|
| Official occupation | Farmworkers, Farm, Ranch, and Aquacultural Animals (45-2093.00) |
| Posted | Nov 2, 2026 |