I have the same doubt... Can someone help us? :-)

i have this setup:

in my composer.json: "illuminate/queue": "^5.1", "pda/pheanstalk": "^3.0", "illuminate/encryption": "^5.1"

to add queues:

    $queue = new Queue;

    $queue->addConnection([
        'driver' => 'beanstalkd',
        'host'   => 'localhost',
        'queue'  => 'default',
    ]);

    $queue->setAsGlobal();

    $queue->getContainer()->bind('encrypter', function () {
        return new Illuminate\Encryption\Encrypter('joongo5Ie2thie8k');
    });
    $queue->getContainer()->bind('request', function () {
        return new Illuminate\Http\Request();
    });

    $queue->push('SendEmail', ['foo' => 'demo']);

get the worker running:

    $queue = new Queue;

    $queue->addConnection([
        'driver' => 'beanstalkd',
        'host'   => 'localhost',
        'queue'  => 'default',
    ]);

    $queue->setAsGlobal();

    $queue->getContainer()->bind('encrypter', function () {
        return new Illuminate\Encryption\Encrypter('joongo5Ie2thie8k');
    });
    $queue->getContainer()->bind('request', function () {
        return new Illuminate\Http\Request();
    });
    
    $worker = new Worker($queue->getQueueManager(), null, null);


    while (true) {
        // Parameters:
        // 'default' - connection name
        // 'default' - queue name
        // delay
        // time before retries
        // max number of tries

        $worker->pop('default', 'default', 0, 3, 1);
    }
}

and important: add some class SendEmail that implements: public function fire($job, $data)