Black-tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus melanopygus native bee

A medium-tongued social bumble bee. Nests underground and above ground, sometimes in birdhouses or building insulation. Forages on Arctostaphylos, Eriogonum, Haplopappus, Lupinus and others.

83 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Alberta PenstemonPenstemon albertinuswildflower · May-JulArctic AsterEurybia sibiricawildflower · Jul-SepBalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittatawildflower · May-JulBearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursigroundcover · May–JuneBirch-leaved SpireaSpiraea betulifoliashrub · Jun-JulBlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBracted HoneysuckleLonicera involucratashrub · June–JulyBroomweedGutierrezia sarothraeshrub · August-OctoberCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberCanada Milk VetchAstragalus canadensiswildflower · June–AugustChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyDwarf RaspberryRubus arcticusgroundcover · June-JulyElegant GoldenrodSolidago lepidawildflower · August-SeptemberFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberGolden Currant (Buffalo Currant)Ribes aureumshrub · May–JuneGreater Northern AsterCanadanthus modestuswildflower · July–SeptemberHarebellCampanula rotundifoliawildflower · July-AugustJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberLeafy AsterSymphyotrichum foliaceumwildflower · July-SeptemberMountain GentianGentiana calycosawildflower · Aug-SepNarrow-leaved HawkweedHieracium umbellatumwildflower · Jul-SepPale AgoserisAgoseris glaucawildflower · June–JulyPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPink Monkey FlowerErythranthe lewisiiwildflower · July-AugustPink PussytoesAntennaria roseagroundcover · May–JulyPink PyrolaPyrola asarifoliagroundcover · June–AugustPrickly Wild RoseRosa acicularisshrub · June–JulyRabbitbrushEricameria nauseosashrub · August-OctoberRed ColumbineAquilegia formosawildflower · May-JulyRound-leaved AlumrootHeuchera cylindricawildflower · June–JulySaline Shooting StarPrimula pauciflorawildflower · May-JunSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShowy AsterEurybia conspicuawildflower · July–SeptemberShowy FleabaneErigeron speciosuswildflower · June–AugustShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSilky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-AugSilverweedPotentilla anserinagroundcover · June–AugustSilvery LupineLupinus argenteuswildflower · Jun-AugSitka ValerianValeriana sitchensiswildflower · Jun-AugSlender Blue BeardtonguePenstemon proceruswildflower · Jun-JulSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustSpring BeautyClaytonia lanceolataherb · April–MaySticky Purple GeraniumGeranium viscosissimumwildflower · June–JulyThimbleberryRubus parviflorusshrub · June–JulyWestern Blue IrisIris missouriensiswildflower · May-JulyWestern Mountain AshSorbus scopulinashrub · June–JulyWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWood Betony (Bracted Lousewort)Pedicularis bracteosawildflower · June–AugustWoodland StrawberryFragaria vescagroundcover · May–JuneWoods' RoseRosa woodsiishrub · Jun-JulYellow BeardtonguePenstemon confertuswildflower · May-JulYellow BuckwheatEriogonum flavumwildflower · Jun-AugYellow Monkey FlowerErythranthe guttatawildflower · Jun-Aug

gathers pollen at

BearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursigroundcover · May–JuneBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBracted HoneysuckleLonicera involucratashrub · June–JulyCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyDrummond's MilkvetchAstragalus drummondiiwildflower · May-JulField ChickweedCerastium arvensegroundcover · May-JulyFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustHairy Golden AsterHeterotheca villosawildflower · July-SeptemberLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberLeafy AsterSymphyotrichum foliaceumwildflower · July-SeptemberLilac PenstemonPenstemon graciliswildflower · June–JulyNodding OnionAllium cernuumwildflower · June–AugustPrairie GoldenrodSolidago missouriensiswildflower · July-AugustPrickly Wild RoseRosa acicularisshrub · June–JulyPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustRocky Mountain BeeplantPeritoma serrulatawildflower · June-SeptemberSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShowy FleabaneErigeron speciosuswildflower · June–AugustSlender Blue BeardtonguePenstemon proceruswildflower · Jun-JulTall LarkspurDelphinium glaucumwildflower · Jul-AugThimbleberryRubus parviflorusshrub · June–JulyThree Flowered Avens (Prairie Smoke, Old Man's Whiskers)Geum triflorumwildflower · May–JuneWhite Prairie CloverDalea candidawildflower · July–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWoodland StrawberryFragaria vescagroundcover · May–June