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Spelling bees do not have real-life bees in them. It is just a name of a contest of people who spell words. The people who tell the students to spell the words usually start out with easy words,then they go on about harder. When you get a word wrong,you do not participate anymore,and on. The one that gets the most words right wins.

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A bee means a community activity. It does not mean like a honeybee, the insect, though that is probably where the term came from. Bees are community insects.

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