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West Dover, Vermont: World's Largest Happy Bee (Gone)

Happy Bee.

World's Largest Happy Bee

A grinning oversized insect that originally stood outside of a Honey Museum spent decades collapsing in a backyard.

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World's Largest Happy Bee

Gone. I spoke to the local Firefighters and they informed me that the Bee moved several times. About 10 years ago it was buried in a landfill.

[Dwight A Berner, 07/19/2016]

Fallen bee.

World's Largest Happy Bee - Fallen

The World's Largest Happy Bee no longer stands. According to the woman who answered my knock, the bee's wooden legs snapped in high winds in late April or early May of 2000, pitching the insect face-first into the sod. He's still smilin', though.

[Christopher Scott Martin, 06/21/2000]

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