As a beekeeper, it is your job to observe the conditions present in the colony and determine what is happening so that you can make appropriate management decisions. Described below are groups of symptoms that can be present in honey bee colonies. Your job is to correctly identify what is happening in the colony. Remember, some of the symptoms may be caused by similar reasons, so be sure to identify the BEST answer for each symptom. a. Few adult workers, brood pattern is spotty, drone brood or drone adults are not necessarily present
b. Few adult workers, brood few and irregular, multiple eggs in cells, lots of adult drones, brood limited to drone brood
c. Lots of adult workers, lots of capped brood, lots of young larvae, lots of eggs, no queen cells
d. Lots of adult workers, lots of capped brood, lots of young larvae, few or no eggs, queen cells present and at various stages of development
e. 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 opened