Bee eggs are tiny, pearly white structures measuring 1.5mm long and 0.2mm wide. Fresh eggs are translucent before becoming creamy. Eggs hatch into larvae within 3 days
Italian bees are most common, producing large colonies and being good honey producers. Carniolan bees are darker, gentle, and better suited for wet climates. Caucasian bees are grey-brown, long-tongued, and considered gentlest. Russian bees are imported from Primorsky region, showing some mite resistance. Buckfast bees are mix of races, resistant to tracheal mites