Beekeepers are careful to tell their bees everything important that concerns the family and household–births, marriages, deaths, a new set of curtains, and suchlike. But that’s not superstition, just the practical observation that if you don’t tell them, they will fly indoors to find out for themselves. By Terry Pratchett and Jacqueline Simpson, “The Folklore of Discworld” (via noirandchocolate)