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Looking at the color of the comb under that table, I believe that's a new hive. If that were close to me I'd love to get that, easy to get, new comb and it would be full of resources and brood(babies). What surprises me is that they chose to build under that table when there is obvious, visible bee equipment nearby. Those boxes would smell like old colonies and I'm surprised they didn't move into those if they were sitting there.
Extreme Heat. Honestly, I think bees handle heat better than colder weather. They can cool their hives with water that they bring in, and then they'll essentially build a bee fan to circulate air and keep the core temp at 94-95 degrees. They'll beard outside the colony to cool off too. Drought is one thing, but for honey production, I like the hot-warm dry days, because the bees can't really get nector or pollen from wet flowers.
Now, working bees in a suit sucks when it's hot. The bees can get crabby in extreme heat as well.
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