It’s getting cooler in the mornings, but it’s still pretty hot out during the day. A few weeks ago when it was consistently 100′ during the day we were worried about the bees getting too hot.
I guess we don’t have to worry too much about them, the bees seem to take care of themselves. When they get too hot in the hive, they hang out in the front of the hive. It’s called bearding. Because it looks like a beard, Ha! Crazy to see.
Why do they do that? It gets so hot inside with thousands of bees they need to relieve some of the body heat. Several bees move to the outside to cool off the hive.
Bees also blow in cool air by fanning at the entrance of the hive.
This is the cutest thing.
Who knew? 🙂