In a bee colony

1) Few adult workers, brood pattern is spotty, drone brood ordrone adults are not necessarily present

2) Few adult workers, brood few and irregular, multiple eggs incells, lots of adult drones, brood limited to drone brood

3) Lots of adult workers, lots of capped brood, lots of younglarvae, lots of eggs, no queen cells

4) Lots of adult workers, lots of capped brood, lots of younglarvae, few or no eggs, queen cells present and at various stagesof development

5) Moderate number of adult workers, moderate amount of cappedbrood, no young larvae, no eggs, ripe queen cells present, multiplequeen cells present with tips opened

6) Moderate number of adult workers, moderate amount of cappedbrood, no young larvae, no eggs, opened queen cells present, somequeen cells present opened at the sides

7) Moderate number of adult workers, moderate amount of cappedbrood, moderate number of eggs and young larvae, 2-3 queen cells ofsimilar age

8) Moderate number of adult workers, lots of eggs and younglarvae, no capped brood