I saw this on facebook Mourning the bees but it reminded me of a different comment tell it to the bees.

http://thebeeshouse.blogspot.com.au/...le-custom.html

‘...They said that if you didn’t tell the bees of a wedding a birth or a death they’re that Gentle, they
would take offence and leave...Who was it beside Jimmy Bann that didn’t bother telling the bees and
they said not a bee stayed with him after...’.x

Ah ha found it, this is very interesting.

http://www.ucd.ie/pages/99/articles/chaomh.pdf