Beekeepers are Careful to Tell Their Bees Everything

“Beekeepers are careful to tell their bees everything important that concerns the family and household–births, marriages, deaths, a new set of curtains, and suchlike. But that’s not superstition, just the practical observation that if you don’t tell them, they will fly indoors to find out for themselves.”

~Terry Pratchett and Jacqueline Simpson, “The Folklore of Discworld”