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The European Custom of ‘Telling the Bees’

Do you know that there is a European tradition called “telling the bees”? This is a custom according to which beekeepers tell the bees about important events of their life, including births, deaths, marriages, return home, and so on. The custom is prevalent in England and in some areas of Wales, Ireland, the Netherlands, France, ...

Michael Segarty

A beekeeper and his son inspecting hives.