What kind of bees??

[pauvil]

I'm very, very new to this and everyone talks about Italian and Russian Queens and so forth. My question is, when I find a wild hive like the monster I found last year in N.J., what kind of bees are they?? Are all bees from Europe or were there bees that were always in the US?? Maybee a dumb question, but I have to know.

Thanks


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xRtH2LO7vY

That's the same kind of hive I found except 5 times the size at least! But right out in the open like that...