Seriously?

[1ozzy]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11199259/Royal-beekeeper-informed-Queens-bees-HM-died-King-Charles-new-boss.html

The hives must be all a buzz following this news.

[emmie]

now you wouldn't do that would you 1ozzy............

[1ozzy]

Moi?

[emmie]

hmmm

[Smowball]

I actually think it’s sweet lol

[Peter Pedant]

// stranger things have happened in the past presumably....//
not strange
you have to tell the bees what has happened
or the queen will fly the hive away ( no not the wooden thing)

I havent waded frooda usual AB mush - am I really the only person to know this ( here?)

they sense the discontinuity and take flight

[10ClarionSt]

Well, they wouldn't have got a buzz out of it would they? Bumble bees are more interesting than honey bees.

[1ozzy]

I can see why Bumblebees interest some more than others.

[Tilly2]

What a lovely tradition.
I wonder if the swans will have to be told too.

[naomi24]

More information:

https://beegood.co.uk/blogs/news/29744001-the-tradition-of-telling-the-bees

[1ozzy]

Don't forget the Corgis that may soon become obsolete.
What's Charlie prefer?

[naomi24]

I don't think so, tilly. Just the bees.

[1ozzy]

They'll be fine Tilly, just swaning around, like they do.

[Tilly2]

:-)

[roopower]

I thought this was common knowledge, the bees must be told when someone important to them dies or they will swarm.

[10ClarionSt]

There might be a good chance they will swarm when they know the queen's died. Who's gonna keep 'em in check?

[roadman]

Well someone had to let them know