lacZ reporter expression is driven by a fragment of the hb upstream region, that carries no bcd binding sites, and the hb transcription start site.
At blastoderm, no detectable $-gal signal. At gastrulation, a weak stripe of expression observed in the head region; believed to be artifactual (see expression data for EcollacZC4.Adh, carried on the P{CaSpeR-AUG-βgal} construct).