What's a Bee Beard? 🐝 During hot weather, honeybees sometimes exhibit a behavior known as bearding. Bees gather outside the entrance of the hive and form a cluster resembling a beard. Bearding helps regulate the temperature inside the hive. By hanging outside, bees create airflow and ventilation, allowing excess heat to dissipate and cooler air to enter. Bearding also allows the bees to manage humidity levels within the hive. Bees generate moisture through their metabolic processes, and beardin