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Where did the name “Beehaw” come from? (beehaw.org)
submitted 1 year ago by Evergreen5970@beehaw.org to c/support@beehaw.org
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I know it’s “Yeehaw” with a bee, but where’d that idea for a name come from?

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[–] Lionir@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

To add to this, I dug up old stuff and it turns out this was probably because the same person who came up with the name had a few hours prior suggested we use this great bee art for the server icon!

[–] Whimseymimple@beehaw.org 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love it so much. And the crab is their little fren, and they go out riding on the open range together to gather flowers and pollen. Best buds.

[–] frostycakes@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

and yet the opportunity to have the crab go 'yeeclaw' was missed. I seem to remember seeing a cross stitch of a crab in a cowboy hat saying that before, but still;