An old custom is that you should tell the first bee you see all your family news and whats going on and tell the bee's anything new thts happened when they're not dormant. This is because bees are agents of the Wyrd Sisters, The Norns, who guard the Tree of Life and who weave the threads of life, the bee's tell the Wyrd Sister's to make sure they know everything thats happening and it all becomes part of the Wyrd.
My Granny used to do this and apparently it goes at least as far back as the Pagan Anglo-Saxons and Norse/Viking beliefs, I wonder how much further back it goes?
