I Have a Bee (IHAB) is a worldwide organization established for hobby

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s. The organization hopes to deliver sustainable and long-term solutions to the

pollinator decline Pollinator decline is the reduction in abundance of insect and other animal pollinators in many ecosystems worldwide that began being recorded at the end of the 20th century. Multiple lines of evidence exist for the reduction of wild pollinator ...

through the hobby of

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. Founded by Petar Petrov, Stefan Zlatev and Trifon Michailov 2014 in Bulgaria. The group has examined the roots of traditional

and found that individual farms tended to keep only a few hives each—in contrast with today's commercial beekeeping model, in which a single apiary consists of hundreds of hives. The founders believe that this practice is the cause of the pollinator decline. The IHAB was created to imitate the old beekeeping model and allow a more even distribution of bees.

History

In 2013, IHAB introduced their first development of a

top bar hive A top-bar hive is a single-story frameless beehive in which the comb hangs from removable bars. The bars form a continuous roof over the comb, whereas the frames in most current hives allow space for bees to move up or down between boxes. Hives t ...

. The product was designed to make it easier and more convenient for an average person to raise bees. The top bar hive has the convenience of being usable in backyards or on city terraces. In 2015, IHAB,

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urban beekeeping group ByBi, and New York City Beekeepers Association set up the first intercontinental hobby beekeepers' network.

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IHAB in English on Google Translate

BYBI

New York City Beekeepers Association
Beekeeping organizations Manufacturing companies of Bulgaria 2014 establishments in Bulgaria Agricultural organizations based in Bulgaria Organizations established in 2014 Beekeeping in Bulgaria