Instead of nectar and pollen, this kind of worker gathers consonants and vowels; one wrong letter and a student gets stung by elimination. What event is this?
A spelling bee
A 'spelling bee' is a word competition; the riddle plays on the insect 'bee', substituting letters for nectar and elimination for a sting.
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