[3] The bee-themed amusement park was initiated by Alberic-Joseph Florizoone, owner of a honey company.

In the 1950s, a miniature golf course, french formal gardens, a fairytale forest, water organ were introduced.

Into the 1970s and the 1980s, with a growing variety of rides, Meli Park's visitor numbers reached 700,000 per annum.

[2] Its icon attraction was the Apirama dark ride, opened in 1979, featuring hundreds of animated bees.

In 1999 Alberic-Joseph Florizoone was inducted into the IAAPA Hall of Fame, an honor reserved for amusement industry innovators and pioneers.