About This Farm

Golden Rule Honey was co-founded in Leominster, Massachusetts, in 2008 by Laurie (aka Ramona, aka me) Herboldsheimer, and Dean Stiglitz. Leominster has the unique distinction of being both the birthplace of our American folk hero, Johnny Appleseed, and the iconic pink plastic lawn flamingo! My adventures with Dean and our explorations in treatment-free beekeeping started in 2001 and eventually led us to small scale commercial beekeepers who were producing honey from bees that were kept without t