Salt Lake Stingers become Salt Lake Bees.

[Dilbert]

They look like they're affiliated with the Pirates now. Are they?

I had the same thought but the site says they are an Anaheim affiliate.

The site says they were originally affiliated with the Pirates.

"Originally an affiliate of the Pittsburgh Pirates, the Bees will return to its classic logo and colors of black and gold."

That said, while I am a fan of teams going to throwback looks permanently, I'm not so sure about basing the look on a former affilliate's colors and fonts. The gold and black are okay--after all, they're bees--but they didn't need to use the Pirates font for the lettering. They don't have to look like the Los Angeles Angels of Buena Park In The Vicinity Of Irvine Near Newport Beach, but they shouldn't look like any other MLB team, either.

The 1915-25 Bees were unafiliated

The 1958-65 Bees were affiliated with Pittsburgh from 1958-60, with Cleveland in 1961, unafiliated in 1962, and with the Cubs from 1963-65

The 1970 Bees were affiliated with San Diego

The 2006 Bees are affiliated with Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim