Hi, all!!
 
        Over the past few days, we've had rain, once from the remnants of
Hurricane Fran, and once just from a cold front moving through the area.
 Both times I've noticed that on both my hives, the bees that are stuck
outside in the rain cling from the auger holes in the front of my hive
bodies and form "chains" with their bodies hanging on to each other.
They almost look the way they do when they're festooning, or building
comb.  Do they do this to shed the rain better??  It looks so strange to
see all those bees swaying in chains with the breeze!!
 
Thanks,
Kevin Palm