Mind Your Own Beeswax: Bee Bearding

We decided not to check the hives this weekend, and just let the bees work. It has been humid lately and in the upper 70s, lower 80s. We noticed the bees loitering, especially Matt's, on what I will call the "porch" of the hive in the evening when they would normally be inside the hive. We found out that this behavior is called bearding. They do this when it is hot and humid and they need more ventilation. Matt added a honey super to help with crowding. He also drilled some wine cork sized holes so the bees would have another entrance and more air flow. As you can see, it does kind of look like a beard. Our is more like stubble compared to this first picture from http://www.sweetseattlelife.com (don't know these people, but they sound cool!)