Gold Star Honeybees provides the absolute best in top bar hive kits. Our tools and accessories simplify your beekeeping tasks. Christy Hemenway, company founder and author of "The Thinking Beekeeper" teaches the Gold Star Weekend Intensive class, two full days of giving students the confidence to keep bees in this natural method - and helping them to "shift the paradigm" toward clean natural beekeeping methods. Tested in the apiary since 2007, Gold Star's hive kits measure up to the level of excellence you've come to recognize as the "Gold Star Standard." After all, if it's not a Gold Star... what IS it?

We invite any Alpaca lover to stop by Lightfoot Farms, meet our alpacas and enjoy a personal consultation. Not only do we breed alpacas from exceptional lineage, but as 'fiber people' we know what makes an alpaca valuable. Alpacas are valued by far more than just a pretty face. We would be more than happy to show you our herd and explain why we offer superior alpacas. Before purchasing an alpaca, it is important to assess the nature of your purchase and what you hope to gain from owning an alpaca. We aim to tailor all sales to the specific needs of the buyer. We take pride in our alpacas and insist on helping any potential buyer in selecting an alpaca that is right for him/her. Having a good mentor is the key to success. We are grateful to ours. Our herd is 98% Peruvian stock. We wisely ch