Also check out the Metro Atlanta Beekeepers Association Site.
One item of discussion was the temperature of the hive. Bees work hard to maintain a certain temperature inside the hive. In the summer, when it gets hot, the bees work to cool the hive. They accomplish this a couple of ways. One way the bees cool the hive is by flaping their wings to act like a fan. Another, is by getting water and basically spitting it into the air while flapping their wings to act like an air conditioner.
A third way to cool the hive is called bearding. The bees go outside the hive and sit on the outside of the hive box to remove their little body heat and cool themselves off.
Ours are bearding.
Listen out for the buzz around campus this year. We will be starting our Bee Club this fall. More information coming!
Mill Springs Bees
