Moon queen in lay

Comb with eggs (not visible on the photo)

Having received a beekeeping jacket through the post, for the quick hive inspection or if I just need to add or take off supers, I thought I'd use it today for a quick random sample inspection of Moon frames to see whether the queen there was laying. As I didn't have much time, I merely donned the jacket and didn't smoke either. Because the weather was on the slightly colder, windier side of what bees like, they were none to pleased to have me open their home and let me feel it. I must say I did feel more vulnerable than I would have thought with only the jacket on (and as if to prove the point was stung on the thigh).
Good news: in my random sample of three frames I definitely saw eggs in workers' comb, so assume the queen is laying and that I don't have a colony of drone laying workers. I will further investigate next week, when the queen will have had more of a chance to show her mettle.