Mighty odd, those Brits

[Mik]

“She has unbeed. “

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/royal-beekeeper-informs-bees-that-queen-elizabeth-ii-died-and-king-charles-iii-is-their-new-master-in-centuries-old-tradition/ar-AA11Gb4w

[George K]

@Mik said "Mighty odd, those Brits"

Tell us something we didn't know, LOL.

[Renauda]

@Mik

I love these arcane English traditions that only come to light when an event such as the death of a monarch occur. The TV is tuned to BBC News and many of these are being presented during the course of programming the past couple of days.

Thanks for posting.

[Catseye3]

@Renauda said in Mighty odd, those Brits:

I love these arcane English traditions . . .

Me, too. I knew about the bees, but only connected to ordinary people, like when somebody's grampa died. I always loved learning about telling the bees.

[Mik]

It said the tradition went back to at least 1621, but no one knows quite how it came to be. Love it. But then I love bees, so...

[Catseye3]

@Mik said in Mighty odd, those Brits:

no one knows quite how it came to be

Or how it came to bee.

[Copper]

@Mik said in Mighty odd, those Brits:

no one knows quite how it came to be.

Beekeepers girlfriend: You tell her, tell her tonight!

Beekeeper's wife [shouting]: Who are you talking to out there?

Beekeeper: Just the bees my ladybird, just the bees. I'm giving them the latest news.