Please join the Kentuckiana Beekeepers Association at the Louisville Nature Center on 7/8/2025 7-9pm to discuss Summer Hive Mgmt. , Treatment-Less Beekeeping w/ Theresa J. Martin.

Open to the public and free with a $15 yearly KBA Membership.

Click here to become a member kyanabees.com/join-the-kba

Treatment-Less Beekeeping: Biology and Implementation that Determine Success

Theresa describes her approach of “treatment-less” beekeeping, which has enabled her to achieve 99% colony survival in all her time as a beekeeper. This presentation shares the science that explains the pathology, obstacles, and opportunities of treatment-less beekeeping. She describes her choices for implementing aspects of Integrated Pest Management, so beekeepers can make the best decisions for themselves and their bees on how best to handle the significant Varroa threat.

Theresa’s book “ Dead Bees Don’t Make Honey” is available HERE on Amazon.com.

Theresa J. Martin

Author of “Dead Bees Don’t Make Honey”

Theresa J. Martin is the author of Dead Bees Don’t Make Honey: 10 Tips for Healthy Productive Bees. She has achieved 99% colony survival and honey production that is above the local average in her six years as a beekeeper, with 20–25 colonies in Kentucky. She practices a beekeeping methodology that places bee health as the highest priority and optimal pathway to productivity. Following the model of how bees survive in the wild, employing integrated pest management, and providing high support yet low intervention, she demonstrates that healthy, alive bees are more productive than sick or dead bees. Theresa is a Cornell Master Beekeeper, 2024 Kentucky State Beekeeper of the Year, Vice-President of the Kentucky State Beekeepers Association, and President of the Whitley County Beekeepers Association. She worked at Fidelity Investments and Procter & Gamble in information technology and

operations management.