This has been discussed numerous times, but whenever a type is named after a nation, I immediately think of nationalism, not science.

> There are some admixtures of honey bee races where the perimeter of the racial areas meet, and in parts of the world where various races of honey bees have been imported extensively it is very probable that almost all of the bees are racial mixtures. These racial mixtures are generally not very uniform, even though uniformity in one or several characteristics is at times achieved. As a rule, these honey bees are called by the name of the race they most closely resemble in several morphological characteristics and most races of economic value are known by the name of the country of origin such as the Carniolan, Caucasian, or Italian. 

Kerr and Laidlaw (1956) reported that the body color of honey bees is essentially black, but because of yellow pigments in the exoskeleton there may be yellow areas. The yellow areas are apparently completely free of black pigment or black pigment may appear to be present and thus darken the yellow. 

—  Du Praw

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