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Apis mellifera Linnaeus
These European honey bees swarmed to a tree in my back lot.
These were found during a very hot day in June, about 95 degrees, in Northern California Valley, elevation only about 100 feet.
I contacted a local bee keeper who came out and safely captured the entire hive and queen.
Thank you Daniel for the help with the ID and the information on that great site about honey bees. That is what I love about the Noah Project site is the information and knowledge I'm able to obtain and share.
Archer 07 that is not a honey bee hive it is called a swarm. when a bee population gets to big for the hive to support it they produce a second queen. the older queen has to then leave so it does not get stung to death by the younger stronger one. 1/2 the bees go with the older queen re balancing the population.
The swarm is temporarily there until the find a new place to build a hive.