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Telling the bees : ウィキペディア英語版 | Telling the bees The telling of the bees is a traditional European custom, in which bees would be told of important events in their keeper's lives, such as births, marriages, or departures and returns in the household. If the custom was omitted or forgotten and the bees were not "put into mourning" then it was believed a penalty would be paid, such as the bees might leave their hive, stop producing honey, or die. The custom has been most widely noted in England but also recorded in Ireland, Wales, Germany, France, Switzerland, and the United States.〔〔W. Kite, "Telling the Bees," ''The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries'' 21 (A. S. Barnes & Company, 1889), 523.〕 == History and origins == Little is known about the origins of this practice, although there is some unfounded speculation that it is loosely derived from or perhaps inspired by ancient Aegean notions about bees' ability to bridge the natural world with the afterlife.〔
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