Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals
Traveling Honey Bees, Inc.
📍 Wasco, CA · Kern County
- ✔ Housing provided
- ✔ Daily transportation
How to apply
Contact the employer directly. Mention the job title and the case number. Case number: JO-A-300-26313-350618
- 📞 Phone: +1 (580) 744-4031
- 🌐 Website: agriplacements.clevyr.com/traveling-honey-bees-i/jobs/11311
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
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Subject: Application for Farmworkers, Farm & Ranch Animals (H-2A) - Case JO-A-300-26313-350618
Job duties
Original text, as filed with the Department of Labor.
Crops/Commodities: Honey
Perform manual and mechanical duties related to commercial beekeeping and honey production. Must be familiar with working with bees in all stages, from egg through mature workers, drones, and queens. Must work all aspects of beekeeping. Make, paint, and clean boxes. Assemble hives using hand tools. Insert honeycombs into hive. Access colony to determine if food or medicine is needed. Feed and medicate bees for diseases, parasites, and pests. Sterilize hive and burn diseased hive or bee colony. Run queen breeding yard. Raise and replace queens. Make divides. Prepare bees and bee equipment for pollination. Harvest and extract honey. Uncap harvested honeycombs and extract honey. Remove frames covered with bees and shake into cages. Manipulate and service hive structures. Haul bees to and from different hive locations. Must have no fear of bees and be non-allergic to bee stings, pollen, honey, or other products of the hive. Perform mechanized extraction. Must be familiar with mechanized extraction equipment. Cap and handle combs. Mechanically separate wax from honey. Maintain extraction equipment. Assist with refining wax and processing honey. Prepare honey by filtration and/or moisture reduction before final packaging. Blend and filter wax before final packaging for sale. Raise bees to pollinate crops. Induct wild swarming bees into prepared honeycomb frames. Place screen plug in hive entrance to confine bees. Set hive in orchard, clover field, or near other sources of nectar and pollen. Force bees from hive using smoke pot or carbolic acid-soaked pad. Must not have honey, pollen, or bee related allergies. Approximate staggered entry: 13 workers to begin on Jan. 15, 2027, 5 workers to begin on March 10, 2027 and 4 workers to begin on July 9, 2027.
Requirements
| Education | None required |
|---|---|
| Experience | 1 month |
| Other requirements | Lifting up to 80 lb Drug test |
One (1) month of recent and verifiable experience required for the job duties listed. Be able to lift up to 80 lbs. Once hired, worker may be required to take a random drug test at no cost to the worker. Testing positive or failure to comply may result in immediate termination from employment.
Benefits and conditions
| Schedule | 7:00 A.M. – 3:30 P.M. |
|---|---|
| Paid | Biweekly |
| Pay details | AEWR; US Workers: CA: $16.90, ND: $14.29; H2A Workers: CA: $16.90, ND: $12.94 |
| Housing type | Employer-provided (including mobile or range) (Dunseith, Nd) |
| Meals | 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. |
| 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-300-26313-350618 |
|---|---|
| Posted | Nov 9, 2026 |