They stay indoors just like we do, try and keep the queen warm by forming a cluster, and venture outside if it's above 50F for a 'cleansing flight'
normally it should be around 90F in a beehive, so it's hard work.
In the fall the drones (males) are pushed out to their death, so those are all females in the hive with the queen. The queen will start laying eggs to create more drones when it gets warmer. Funny, this part was not in that 'Bee Movie' LOL ("Mommy why is the lady bee shoving the dad out to his death in the freezing cold????")
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Date: 2011-02-22 03:52 pm (UTC)normally it should be around 90F in a beehive, so it's hard work.
In the fall the drones (males) are pushed out to their death, so those are all females in the hive with the queen. The queen will start laying eggs to create more drones when it gets warmer. Funny, this part was not in that 'Bee Movie' LOL ("Mommy why is the lady bee shoving the dad out to his death in the freezing cold????")