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Why Spelling Bee?

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paulhopps22 | 08:05 Fri 15th Jul 2005 | Quizzes & Puzzles
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The Americans have annual Spelling Bee where 1000s of American kids compete to find the Nations best speller !But why " Bee" ??
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A 'bee', in this sense - so-called after the social, hard-working nature of the insect itself - was a gathering of people, generally neighbours in the USA, to carry out some common task. Thus, you could have quilting-bees, apple-bees (to bring in the fruit from each other's orchards) and so on. A spelling-bee is just such a gathering to compete over who can spell best.
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