This is a link to a webpage that cites the Oxford English Dictionary’s
thoughts on this topic.
https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/08/spelling-bee.html
Perhaps all of the conversations that were being held during the communal
work, when heard indistinctly at the same time, reminded people of the
‘hum’ of a hive that’s being worked on.
Jonathan Knisely
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