Bees and their young live in honeycombs, and Beeswax which the honeycomb is made of has to stay at a constant temperature… So in HOT weather, bees actually COOL their colony with pool water!
 
Bees work at collecting WATER and spread it throughout their colony. Then the bees actually FAN the air causing evaporation which COOLS the colony. Bees will collect this WATER from any source they can… For example your SWIMMING POOL, bird bath, dripping faucet, or sprinklers. [Read more…]