Theresa J. Martin

Author, Hobby Beekeeper

Theresa Martin 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. 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, President of the Whitley County Beekeepers Association, and on the Board of Directors with the Kentucky State Beekeepers Association. She worked at Fidelity Investments and Procter & Gamble in information technology and operations management.