Owned by Chuck, Gail, and Chip Kemper, Queen Bee Air Specialties is a diversified aviation company consisting of an Air Tractor dealership, parts sales, an airtanker operation, as well as flight training and aircraft rental. Queen Bee has been in business since 1977 and an Air Tractor dealer since October of 1984, serving customers in Oregon, Washington, California, Utah, Nevada, Idaho, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wyoming, and Colorado. Queen Bee is also the Air Tractor agent for Canada.

     Chip runs the spray operation, utilizing AT-802, AT-502, and AT-402 aircraft and manages maintenance, while Chuck supervises sales and the fire suppression business, which consists of 2AT-802AF and 2 AT-802F airtankers.