The invention relates to a bee hive system which comprises a housing (3), at least one ambient condition sensor (6,61-65) being adapted to sense an ambient condition in the housing (3), a first fan (8) being adapted to generate an air flow in at least a portion of the housing (3), a container (2) for a liquid (21) having an opening, wherein the container (2) is arranged such that the air flow generated by the first fan (8) at least partially passes the opening of the container (2), electronics (7,7',7'') connected to the ambient condition sensor (6,61-65) and to the first fan (8), wherein the electronics (7,7',7'') controls the first fan (8) according to the sensed ambient condition.