Royal beekeeper informs bees at Buckingham Palace of Queen’s demise, says “Queen is dead, but don’t you go’
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The old tradition of “telling the bees” comes from a superstition that if bees are not informed of their owner's death, they will stop producing honey. John Chapple, the 79-year-old official Palace beekeeper on Friday performed a rather sad, traditional task. He informed tens of thousands of bees about the death of Queen Elizabeth II. As per Daily Mail, Chapple travelled to Buckingham Palace and Clarence House to perform his duty.
