Bear-like Digger Bee

Anthophora ursina native bee

A fast-flying, soil-nesting solitary digger bee. Foraging: a broad generalist (polylectic).

10 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Alberta PenstemonPenstemon albertinuswildflower · May-JulMissouri MilkvetchAstragalus missouriensiswildflower · May-JuneMoss PhloxPhlox hoodiigroundcover · Apr-JunNodding OnionAllium cernuumwildflower · June–AugustSlender Blue BeardtonguePenstemon proceruswildflower · Jun-JulThree Flowered Avens (Prairie Smoke, Old Man's Whiskers)Geum triflorumwildflower · May–June

gathers pollen at

Lilac PenstemonPenstemon graciliswildflower · June–JulyPrickly Wild RoseRosa acicularisshrub · June–JulyWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyYellow PuccoonLithospermum ruderalewildflower · April-June