FOUNDED:
1977 by Chuck Kemper

GENERAL:
Queen Bee Air Specialties

COMPANY OPERATION:
Queen Bee Air Specialties performs aerial firefighting and agriculture spraying, and is a distributor for Air Tractor aircraft.

IMPROVEMENTS/INNOVATIONS:
Queen Bee Air Specialties is the only company in the Aerial Firefighting Industry Association that owns a single-engine airtanker and the first in the United States to operate the AT-802 in the aerial firefighting configuration. Queen Bee added a second AT-802F for aerial firefighting in 1997.

AREAS CONTRACTED:
Colorado, Arizona, Idaho, Wyoming

FLEET:
3-AT-802F
2-AT-502

NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES:
6 permanent; during spraying and fire season employment grows to 12-15.

CONTACT:
Chuck Kemper
(208) 745-7654
Fax: (208) 745-6672