In a bee colony1) Few adult workers, brood pattern is spotty, drone brood or drone adults are not necessarily present2) Few adult workers, brood few and irregular, multiple eggs in cells, lots of adult drones, brood limited to drone brood3) Lots of adult workers, lots of capped brood, lots of young larvae, lots of eggs, no queen cells4) Lots of adult workers, lots of capped brood, lots of young larvae, few or no eggs, queen cells present and at various stages of development5) Moderate number of adult workers, moderate amount of capped brood, no young larvae, no eggs, ripe queen cells present, multiple queen cells present with tips opened6) Moderate number of adult workers, moderate amount of capped brood, no young larvae, no eggs, opened queen cells present, some queen cells present opened at the sides7) Moderate number of adult workers, moderate amount of capped brood, moderate number of eggs and young larvae, 2-3 queen cells of similar age8) Moderate number of adult workers, lots of eggs and young larvae, no capped brood