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Welcome to: THE BEST OF THE REST at the Bee Hive Featured in the "Contest & Activities" newsletter dtd: 20 DEC 2006 Featured in the "Contest & Activities" newsletter dtd: 02 MAY 2023 Featured in the "Action/Adventure" newsletter dtd: 12 SEP 2023 Featured in the "Action/Adventure" newsletter dtd: 7 NOV 2023 Featured in the "Action/Adventure" newsletter dtd: 27 MAR 2024 A Big Thank you to Nixie   for the following Merit Badge for Best of the Rest:![Merit Badge in In and Out
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Happy Cyber Monday. Your 'in and out' is buzzing with busy bees and fun. What a wonderful contribution for the community.](https://images.Writing.Com/imgs/writing.com/writers/badges/type-In_and_Out-2180.gif) A Big Thank you to Ded Moroz  for the "Exploring Bee" Awardicon for Best of Rest! There's so much more to WRITING.COM than just writing stories, novels, & poems. There are many interactive features for members to enjoy. Some of these include: CNOTE Collections Madlibs Quizzes Crosswords Word Searches Polls Campfire Surveys The December Holidays are just around the corner here at the Bee Hive and we're looking for your favorite Word Searches! The DEC 2025 Contest is OPEN!  Bees love to smell flowers....  THE RULES The DEC 2025 is now open for entries!! #1 - The Contest is now officially open! From 1 DEC 2025 and will end officially at Midnight WDC Time on 31 DEC 2025. #2 - DEC is the month for WORD SEARCHES!! This month we want your word searches! #3 - The Word Searches can be an older item in your port. Just place the bitem or image number below and you're entered! Judges note: Here are some suggestions for word searches that are perfect for this time of year: winter, Christmas holidays, Hanukkah, holiday songs, holiday TV specials. Check out other Contests this month at the Contest Challenge:
JUDGING: Judging will be conducted between 1-10 JAN 2026 for the DEC Contest. If the judging is finished before then, then winners will be announced as soon as judging is complete. THE JUDGES: SantaBee  Lilli - Coffee Elf ☕ 🎄  Nixie Kit  🦃 intuey Grateful & Blessed  Jellyfish in Kuala Lumpur!  innerlight  dogpack saving 4premium+  Sharmelle Noel  The Artful Codger  ❄️ Krista 🎄 JUDGING: Volunteer to Judge the Contest of the Month at the Bee Hive. Starting in JUN 2024: Bees who help judge the Best of the Rest Contest will be entered in a virtual dice roll for a Judging MB. DEC 2025 Fundraising!! 15K- 39K will get you a non-exclusive WDC Community Merit badge! 40-74K will get you Smiley Bee For 75K will get the exclusive Merit Badge: Queen Bee! GENEROUS DONATIONS DEC 2025 FUNDRAISING:  🌝 HuntersMoon  50K - Smiley Bee given Ded Moroz 47K - Smiley Bee given WINNERS: Winners receive: 1st Place 50K Awardicon 2nd Place 25K Awardicon 3rd Place 10K Awardicon NOTE: For FULL prizes to be awarded, there need to be a minimum of 7 entries for the month. If there are less than entries, only 1st or 1st and 2nd place will be award at the host's discretion.  WINNERS FOR THE NOV 2025 CONTEST - CROSSWORDS 1st Place: 50K Awardicon:
2nd Place: 25K Awardicon:
3rd Place: TIE: 10K Awardicon:
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NOTES: There were no entries for OCT 2025. HOST'S NOTE: **Best of the Rest was an active contest for several years before real life got in the way and demands on my time were just too much for me to keep it active. As I work to build my Bee Hive community, I'm opening my In & Out Back up. Thanks so much for supporting the Best of the Rest at the Bee Hive! You can view previous Best of the Rest contest winners here:
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