I have about 15 bees just sitting on the landind board fanning their wings. Why do they fan wings on landing board ?
They don't have a airconditioner so they are using what they have to ciculate air to regulate hive temps.
Sometimes when it's really hot there are thousands...
I have even read that the bees on the front porch fan their wings and lift their abdomen to send off a scent to help the field bees to return to the hive. Kind of like a sonar or something like that.
I think that is the coolest thing. 8-)
Quote from: mathispollenators on August 22, 2009, 03:35:10 PM
They don't have a airconditioner so they are using what they have to ciculate air to regulate hive temps.
Their not in the hive.
No, they aren't in the hive, but they are moving air into it, which helps cool it and also helps to evaperate the water from the nectar and syrup.