Michael Mahar

My name is Michael Mahar and I'm the creator, patent holder, and manufacturer of the Infinity Frame by "21st BEE". I'm a 14-year hobby beekeeper who is currently running 25 hives in my backyard apiary. I run Russian bees that I selected for my treatment free system of beekeeping. I produce my own queens and open mate them all. I went to school for zoology and evolutionary biology and look at bees through those glasses.

My families manufacturing business, Mahar Mfg., is located in Van Buren, Arkansas where we have been in business since 1988 making school furniture and pet training beds. I'm 2nd generation manufacturing and have incorporated my love of beekeeping into a separate product line named "21st BEE". We injection mold my own patented style of beekeeping frame that solves a lot of the issues I have always had with other plastic frames, and frames in general. We make everything from start to finish in our building, and I'm working out in the plant on a daily basis... unless I'm traveling to bee conferences to show our products.

Besides manufacturing frames, I also produce my own raw honey that I sell at conferences and such, and I have developed my own way of bourbon aging honey that I offer as well. This year I will be branching out into offering other flavors besides bourbon such as an aged rum, hot, and smoked honey. How much is made and when it is ready just depends on the bees, the nectar flows, and my taste buds.