Rules of the Bee Hives Teams Each team will consist of a minimum of three and a maximum of five players. All members must be adults (21 yrs. And older). All teams must have registered and paid their entry fee ($100/team) prior to competing. Competition Format Teams will participate in rounds (swarms).
Preliminary Rounds
Hive (team) Elimination Teams’ failure to immediately write word given at end of the allotted minute counts as misspelled.
Stress-Bee-lief Teams may purchase Stress-bee-lief cards. Audience members or sponsors or teams may purchase them for a team. Each team will receive one card of each to purchase for use during the bee. Stress-bee-lief cards are purchased at time spelling word is given. Cards explained: **Rebuzz This one allows a team one misspelled word and avoid elimination. May purchase up to three. *First Rebuzz $5.00 *Second Rebuzz $10.00 *Third Rebuzz $15.00 **Buzz-off This is a pass on spelling a word. May purchase up to three. *First Buzz-off $5.00 *Second Buzz-off $10.00 *Third Buzz-Off $15.00 **Stinger Allows a team to pass and choose another team who must try to spell the word passed. Only one stinger is allowed. *Stinger $20.00 **Bee-line Allows one team member to contact via cell or choose one person from audience for help spelling. Cell must be on speaker mode. *Bee-line $20.00 Final Round Elimination When only two teams remain:
To determine the winner==Five words are called out. Teams are given two minutes in which to write the words on a piece of paper. The team w/ most correct answers-- WINS. OR a crossword puzzle will be given each team, 30 sec to complete; the team with most correct answers—WINS. Voting for Best Name/Costume Vote for your favorite costume/name at a cost of 50 cents/vote. Max times to vote—6. Voting ends when final elimination begins. |
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