From time to time, the garden beekeeper weighs his hives and estimates the amount of food. This shows that the stocks at the end of January are quite scarce with about 4 to 7 kg per colony, which is probably also due to the mild winter.

At the moment one colony consumes about 0.5kg of food per week. This can be read in a diagram. The kink at the end of December results from a transfer of food honeycombs to balance the reserves between the colonies.

The food consumption will soon increase significantly, because the breeding activity will start again. Therefore the weight has to be controlled more closely and if necessary some food dough has to be added.