Question

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.

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

2. Few adult workers, brood few and irregular, multiple eggs in cells, lots of adult drones, brood limited to drone brood

3. Lots of adult workers, lots of capped brood, lots of young larvae, lots of eggs, no queen cells   

4. 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   

5. 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

6.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 sides   

7. Moderate number of adult workers, moderate amount of capped brood, moderate number of eggs and young larvae, 2-3 queen cells of similar age

8. Moderate number of adult workers, lots of eggs and young larvae, no capped brood.   

9. Few adult workers, brood pattern is spotty, workers with deformed wings are present

These are the answer choices for each question.

colony is superseding its queen            colony is queenless and has laying workers            colony is preparing to swarm            colony has high Varroa levels            queen is producing inbred progeny            colony has swarmed and will not swarm again            colony has swarmed and may swarm again            colony is in rapid growth but not preparing to swarm            colony is a new swarm experiencing fast growth

Answer 1