Feb 5th:
Going to place some more fondant candy in the hives today. Earlier in the week, on 2/1, the temp went into the low 60s. While I did not get to see it, my wife reported that there was plenty of activity around all 3 hives.

I fear that this increased level of activity will consume even more of the food reserves in the hives. I will give a quick look today when I pop the lid to place more candy.

When I last looked; the bees were still well down in the bottom of hive 1. They had not even found the fondant candy. Hive#2 was taking the candy and the cluster seemed to be about 1/2 way up in the hive. Hive#3; which was the weakest hive going into winter, was readily taking the food. While the cluster was not completely in the top of the hive, it was noticeably higher than the others.