Eggs!

I checked on the Italian hive and they seem to be doing well. They've got more than enough honey to sustain themselves and the Russian hive. They're also very populous but, they know that winter is comming and are propolizing the hive to prevent the cold winter winds from drafting in. The highlight of the day, however, was with the Russian hive. There wasn't to much activety at the enterence so, I was a bit worried when I was comming to inspect them. I donned my gear, lit the smoker and looked inside. There were still plenty of bees but, they really haven't drawn much comb. They've stored alot of the sugar syrup I was giving them and, I finaly saw eggs in cells. A sure sign that there is a queen. There were even some young larvae. I'll be able to better diagnose how well this queen performs over the next few weeks but, it's a releif to see eggs! This hive may make it through the winter yet!