Tell It To The Bees -

All these works draw from a Western European custom where beekeepers must inform their hives of major life events—births, marriages, and especially deaths—to ensure the bees do not leave or die of grief.

A more recent novel by Zoë Richards follows a different plotline. Tell It to the Bees

: The book explores a clandestine lesbian romance between Jean and Lydia, navigating the intense societal prejudice and taboos of postwar Britain. All these works draw from a Western European