# Help to identify bees

**URL:** <https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/help-to-identify-bees/27455>\
**Category:** Bee Breeding\
**Tags:** australia\
**Created:** [September 10, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/help-to-identify-bees/27455 "2020-09-10T08:38:41Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![Beefuji](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/beefuji/32/23213_2.png) [@Beefuji](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Beefuji)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 8:38am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/help-to-identify-bees/27455/1 "2020-09-10T08:38:41Z")

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Hi there,

I’m fairly new to the game and recently a friend gave us hive and I’m not sure what type of bee they are, they do look like Europen bees but I’m not sure.

Here’s the video I’ve uploaded on Youtube \> [https://youtu.be/Xys3tVKM11s](https://youtu.be/Xys3tVKM11s)  
Can anyone here help me to identify the type of bees are they?

Many thanks in advance

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**Author:** ![Stevo](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/stevo/32/22434_2.png) [@Stevo](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Stevo)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 9:04am UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/help-to-identify-bees/27455/2 "2020-09-10T09:04:52Z")

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Apis mellifera - probably an Italian hybrid if they were caught as a swarm.

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**Author:** ![Beefuji](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.honeyflow.com/beefuji/32/23213_2.png) [@Beefuji](https://forum.honeyflow.com/u/Beefuji)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://forum.honeyflow.com/t/help-to-identify-bees/27455/3 "2020-09-10T14:32:25Z")

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Many thanks Stevo,

Yeah I thought they are Italian hybrid I was told that colony was collected from a swamp.

Cheers!