I was lately informed by a native of Monmouthshire, that the belief
relative to bees is entertained in that and some of the adjacent
counties even by educated persons. My informant gravely assured me that
though the bees are aware of the approaching event, from the acuteness
of their organs of smell, they require to be duly and timely
communicated with on the subject, to induce them to remain with the
survivors; but if this be neglected, they will desert their hives, and
disappear. The propriety or necessity of offering them any refreshment
was not stated.