John Chapple additionally urged the bees “to be good to their new master”.

New Delhi:

The Royal beekeeper at Buckingham Palace and Clarence House has knowledgeable the bees stored on the grounds that Queen Elizabeth II has died and was succeeded by his son King Charles III.

The royal beekeeper, 79-year-old John Chapple, in an unique interview with MailOnline, stated that following the queen’s dying on Friday, he rushed to Buckingham Palace and Clarence House to hold out the ritual.

Mr Chapple positioned black ribbon bows on the hives, residence to 1000’s of bees, earlier than saying with nice unhappiness that their mistress has handed over to the afterlife and that they are going to be below the service of a brand new grasp.

MailOnline reports that Mr Chapple additionally urged the bees “to be good to their new master”.

“I’m at the hives now and it is traditional when someone dies that you go to the hives and say a little prayer and put a black ribbon on the hive,” Mr Chapple stated.

“I drape the hives with black ribbon with a bow. The person who has died is the master or mistress of the hives, someone important in the family who dies and you don’t get any more important than the Queen, do you?” requested Mr Chapple.

“You knock on each hive and say, ‘The mistress is dead, but don’t you go. Your master will be a good master to you.'” he stated.

“I’ve done the hives at Clarence House and I’m now in Buckingham Palace doing their hives,” he stated.

Queen Elizabeth II, Britain’s longest-serving monarch, died on the age of 96 on Friday. She reigned for 70 years.

Her son Charles has now succeeded her as the brand new King of Britain.