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 ## Development
 
+Need help? Want to hack on your own Hives? Join us on IRC (irc://freenode.net/#beehive) or [Gitter](https://gitter.im/the_beehive/Lobby).
+
 API docs can be found [here](http://godoc.org/github.com/muesli/beehive).
 
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