Mykola Mykhalevych

Mykola Mykhalevych (; 1 July 1843 – 27 November 1922) was a Ukrainian Greek Catholic priest, popularizer of beekeeping, public figure.

Biography Mykola Mykhalevych was born on 1 July 1843 in Romashivka (now the Bilobozhnytsia rural hromada, Chortkiv Raion, Ternopil Oblast, Ukraine).

Mykhalevych studied theology in Lviv. In 1866 he was ordained a priest; he served in parishes in Chystyliv, Ternopil Raion, as a staff member at St. George's Cathedral in Lviv, and in 1871–1914 in the parish of Cherneliv-Ruskyi.

Beekeeping He established an apiary with more than 100 bee colonies (he conducted observations and experiments), introduced new types of hives, including the "Halytskyi" type. During the World War I, the apiary was destroyed, and only 30 bee colonies were restored.

Commemoration A street in Ternopil was named after Mykhalevych (1991), and a statue was unveiled in Cherneliv-Ruskyi (2001, sculptor Vasyl Sadovnyk, architect Danylo Chepil; initiator of the construction was Bohdan Rudka). The Ternopil Regional Association of Beekeepers named after him was founded.