The bees have been told

 In a tradition so old, its origins are lost to time, the Royal Beekeeper has gone to all the beehives of Buckhingham Palace and Clarence House, to deck them in black ribbon and perform the ritual of telling the bees. In this ritual, the beekeeper or some other person of note in the household goes to each hive, puts a bit of black cloth or ribbon on the hive, gently knocks a few times, and says, "Your master/mistress is dead, but don't you go. Your master/mistress will be a good master/mistress to you," using whichever title is appropriate for the gender of the deceased and the new. The belief is that if the bees are not told, they will leave and no longer produce honey. 

Thus, tradition has been kept for the first time in seventy years. Thus may it ever be so, that the tradition carries on. My heart continues to break for the UK and her territories in the loss of their sovereign. So many more rituals must be carried out over the coming days. One that I found on YouTube that was interesting was the announcement made from the Proclamation Balcony to the gathering of people in the Friary Court, which the Balcony overlooks, that Her Majesty had passed and that Charles Philip Arthur George has become sole ruler of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, as Charles III.

God save our King.