Telling the bees

I'm afraid to admit that  I do talk to my bees. Nothing complicated, they have no interest in the Labour Party reshuffle, have no obvious opinion on the EU referendum and have little to say about restructing of financial markets. However they became very excited when I told them Jose Mourinho had been sacked.
I normally limit myself to a 'Good morning' greeting, general small talk, comments on the weather, what I intend to do [and apologise when I'm clumsy or get something wrong], and a 'See you later'
From discussions with other bee keepers I understand I'm not alone in doing this and its something of a tradition.
However I recently came across an another old tradition of 'Telling the Bees'.
According to Wikipedia:--

The telling of the bees is a traditional European custom, in which bees would be told of important events in their keeper's lives, such as births, marriages, or departures and returns in the household. If the custom was omitted or forgotten and the bees were not "put into mourning" then it was believed a penalty would be paid, such as the bees might leave their hive, stop producing honey, or die. The custom has been most widely noted in England but also recorded in Ireland, Wales, Germany, France, Switzerland, and the United States

 I read about this on a blog I follow which gave a link to a short Film produced by RTE. Perhaps a touch too much Irish whimsy for my taste but nice enough all the same.
The film is here