Three banded italian?

[Morphic]

Well I just recently ordered my bees and they are called three banded italians. Now bear with me because I'm very new but are three banded italians a hybrid or just another name for italians??


Beeperson

[Michael Bush]

In my opinion they are just Italians. But I'm sure it matters to someone.

[mark williams]

I'm with Michael,They are a Italians,The 3 band was some of the 1st Italians brought to this country.IMO,tahat line has been breed out over the year's & they are just Italians.Unless you go with the Cordovan's or something like that.IMO>>>>Mark

[Clayton]

Yes. 3 banded are supposed to be more like original italian stock not to mention have three bands. But after all these years in US there all just italians. If you like Italian bees thats fine, use ones you like.