{{Short description|Worldwide hobby beekeeper organization}}
{{Infobox company |name = "I Have a Bee" foundation |logo = IHAB LOGO|200 px |area_served = Worldwide |homepage = {{URL|http://www.ihaveabee.com}} |foundation = {{Start date and age|2014}} |founders = Petar Petrov, Stefan Zlatev, Trifon Mihaylov |location_country = Bulgaria }} '''I Have a Bee''' (IHAB) is a worldwide organization established for hobby beekeepers. The organization hopes to deliver sustainable and long-term solutions to the pollinator decline through the hobby of beekeeping.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Пчелите ни хранят и обличат, ако не ги отглеждаме - става страшно |url=https://bnr.bg/sofia/post/100604886/pchelite-ni-hranat-i-oblichat-ako-ne-gi-otglejdame-stava-strashno |access-date=2022-07-19 |website=bnr.bg |language=bg}}</ref>
Founded by Petar Petrov, Stefan Zlatev and Trifon Michailov 2014 in Bulgaria. The group has examined the roots of traditional beekeeping and found that individual farms tended to keep only a few hives each{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}—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. 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-02-14 |title=Alveari più sani con l’apicoltura a misura d’ape - Milleunadonna |url=http://www.milleunadonna.it/green/rubriche/stefania-elena-carnemolla/articoli/16658/alveari-piu-sani-con-l-apicoltura-a-misura-d-ape-/ |access-date=2022-07-19 |website= |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214002549/http://www.milleunadonna.it/green/rubriche/stefania-elena-carnemolla/articoli/16658/alveari-piu-sani-con-l-apicoltura-a-misura-d-ape-/ |archive-date=14 February 2017 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
In 2015, IHAB, Norwegian urban beekeeping group ByBi, and New York City Beekeepers Association set up the first intercontinental hobby beekeepers' network.
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==External links== * {{cite web |url= http://bnt.bg/news/ekologiya-i-ustoychivo-razvitie/kosher-na-terasata |title= Bulgarian National Television broadcasts the Urban Bees project in Sofia |publisher= Bulgarian National Television |access-date= 2016-01-26 |archive-url= https://archive.today/20160127112837/http://bnt.bg/news/ekologiya-i-ustoychivo-razvitie/kosher-na-terasata |archive-date= 2016-01-27 |url-status= dead }} * {{cite web |url= http://bnr.bg/sofia/post/100604886/pchelite-ni-hranat-i-oblichat-ako-ne-gi-otglejdame-stava-strashno |title= Bulgarian National Radio about IHAB foundation |publisher=Bulgarian National Radio, 23.09.2015}} * {{cite web |url= http://www.capital.bg/light/neshta/2015/10/02/2620302_plan_bee/ |title= Capital.bg about IHAB |publisher=Capital.bg}} * {{cite web |url= http://novinar.bg/news/pravim-hubav-med-na-balkona_NTEzOTs2NQ==.html |title= Novinar about IHAB |publisher= Novinar |access-date= 2016-01-26 |archive-date= 2016-02-01 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160201205240/http://novinar.bg/news/pravim-hubav-med-na-balkona_NTEzOTs2NQ==.html |url-status= dead }} * {{cite web |url= http://offnews.bg/news/%D0%9A%D1%83%D0%BB%D1%82%D1%83%D1%80%D0%B0_33/%D0%9D%D0%94%D0%9A-%D0%B7%D0%B0%D0%BF%D0%BE%D1%87%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BE%D1%82%D0%B3%D0%BB%D0%B5%D0%B6%D0%B4%D0%B0%D0%BD%D0%B5%D1%82%D0%BE-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BD%D0%B8-%D0%BA%D0%BE%D1%88%D0%B5%D1%80%D0%B8-%D0%BD%D0%B0-%D0%BF%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B0-%D1%81%D0%B8_561425.html |title= OffNews about IHAB |publisher=OffNews}} * [https://translate.google.co.in/translate?hl=en&sl=bg&u=http://ihaveabee.com/&prev=search IHAB in English on Google Translate] * [http://www.bybi.no/ BYBI] * [http://www.bees.nyc/ New York City Beekeepers Association]
Category:Beekeeping organizations Category:Manufacturing companies of Bulgaria Category:2014 establishments in Bulgaria Category:Agricultural organizations based in Bulgaria Category:Organizations established in 2014 Category:Beekeeping in Bulgaria