Why do beekeepers keep their actions secret?

The secret action of beekeepers is a long-standing two-part allegorical saying, which is often shared with children as an idiom riddle. But how do beekeepers act in secret? How to understand it? According to legend, there are two explanations for this allusion.

One is homophonic anti-theft theory. Say idioms first. Secrecy means keeping a secret and refusing to publish it. In ancient times, honey was a very valuable tonic, sometimes the price was comparable to gold. For outsiders, when beekeepers move, they often see bees and beehives, but honey is invisible. They often say that all the honey is sold out, only bees are left. Generally speaking, it is not difficult to explain. Beekeepers can only know that they have bees when they move, and I won't tell you where the honey is. Being used as a homonym is a secret.

There is also a habit that bees generally move during the day and don't move at night, and basically stay in the hive, so in order to avoid the loss of bees.

Most beekeepers were active at night, while the ancients were less active at night. They clearly saw the beekeeper here during the day and disappeared the next day, which was used to describe the mystery of the beekeeper moving, and they kept it a secret from everyone, so they got the news that the beekeeper moved secretly.

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