The 2026 NHBA Fall Meeting is hosted by the Monadnock Beekeepers Association and features Theresa Martin, author of Dead Bees Don't Make Honey.
We will also have a honey tasting contest, a brief business meeting and of course a catered lunch will be available for purchase.
You can register by clicking the "Member Log In to Register" button above. If your membership is not up to date you will have to renew or join to register for the meeting.
You can order Theresa's book at the link at the bottom of the page and she will sign it for you at the meeting. The NHBA will have a very limited number of copies available to purchase at the meeting as well.
Theresa will give two talks:
Dead Bees Don’t Make Honey: 10 Tips for Healthy Productive Bees
This presentation summarizes several of the tips presented in Theresa’s book Dead Bees Don’t Make
Honey: 10 Tips for Healthy Bees, which includes a Foreword by Dr. Thomas Seeley describing the book as
“remarkable... candid, fact-based, and sensible.” In this presentation, Theresa presents the latest
science that explains how and why bees survive in the wild. By modeling what the bees teach us, our
managed bees can have higher survival and make more honey, while bringing more enjoyment to the
beekeeper.
and
Treatment-Less Beekeeping: Biology and Implementation that Determine Success
This presentation describes “treatment-less” beekeeping, which has enabled Theresa to achieve 99%
colony survival in all her time as a beekeeper. She shares the science that explains the pathology,
obstacles, and opportunities of treatment-less beekeeping. Theresa details 4 of her 10 tips for healthy,
productive bees that leverage Integrated Pest Management. The goal of this presentation is to enable
beekeepers to make the best decision for themselves and their bees on how to handle the significant
Varroa threat.
Theresa Martin is the author of Dead Bees Don’t Make Honey: 10 Tips for Healthy Productive Bees,
which includes a Foreword by Dr. Thomas Seeley. Theresa has achieved 99% colony survival and honey
production that is twice the local average in her eight years as a beekeeper, with 20–25 colonies in
Kentucky. She practices nature-based beekeeping, which is a 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, and President of the Kentucky State
Beekeepers Association. She is also a writer for Bee Culture Magazine. She worked at Fidelity
Investments and Procter & Gamble in information technology and operations management. Theresa can
be reached at theresa@littlewolf.farm Her book is available on Amazon at
https://www.amazon.com/Dead-Bees-Dont-Make-Honey/dp/B0CY9G9C89