Just a snippet on how we got to where we are today. Our parent company Mahar Manufacturing Inc® is based in Van Buren, Arkansas. Family owned & operated, now in its 2nd generation, we pride ourselves in using only the highest quality raw materials – something that has not changed since 1988. We have earned a reputation for building quality products and paying attention to detail. And we continue to provide excellent customer service. If you need to reach out to us by phone, you will get an actual person who will answer, not a machine.

In 1988 we first started our Creative Colors® brand, making rest mats and cots for the school market. In 2017 we added our pet cot line, 4Legs4Pets®. And in 2025, we added 21st Bee®, making honeybee frames to last a lifetime.

Let’s dive in a little deeper with 21st Bee®. Michael Mahar, James and Pam’s oldest child, has grown up in our manufacturing business and is in the plant daily. A passionate hobby beekeeper since 2013 – you’ll find many of his beekeeping videos on YouTube and other platforms. Some years ago, he began brainstorming on ways to improve the beekeeping frame. After many sketches, CAD drawings, 3D printing samples, and refining the process, he came up with a frame that had a good balance of adding many features that he liked about the way bees naturally build their comb vs eliminating some of the major issues that many beekeepers have been complaining about. The next step was to get the designs patented and tooling built. Some months later, production began and early 2025 we introduced the Infinity Frame®. With proper usage, it should last an infinite amount of time.

Let’s talk about price and value. We don’t try to be the least expensive on the market, with any of our brands. Our core principle is making high quality, safe products – we don’t skimp or cut corners – ever.

Our 63,000 sq ft building is situated on 10 acres, located directly across from the Arkansas River. This is where the magic happens; order processing, production, shipping and everything in between, under one roof. One or more Mahar family members as well as employees who are more like family, some working with us for over one and two decades, are involved in every aspect. When we say family made and Made in the USA, we mean it.

Watch for the different beekeeping products we plan to make in the future. And in the meantime, we hope your bees enjoy our Infinity Frames® as much as we do – if they’re happy, so are we.