Coping with the heat

Today, it was in the high 90's here in South Carolina, and so my girls were dealing with it.

In the first picture you can see them out on "the deck." In the second picture they are "daisy chaining." If you look closely too, you can see several bees who are "fanning" at the opening of the hive to try to reduce the temperature in the hive. Bees are very "considerate" creatures. They all help to carry out the duties of the colony. Click on images to enlarge.