Brown-belted Bumble Bee

Bombus griseocollis native bee

A short-tongued social bumble bee. Nests underground or on the surface. Forages on Asclepias, Echinacea, Lythrum, Melilotus and others.

90 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

BalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittatawildflower · May-JulBearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursigroundcover · May–JuneBirch-leaved SpireaSpiraea betulifoliashrub · Jun-JulBlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberBlue ColumbineAquilegia brevistylawildflower · June–JulyBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustCanada AnemoneAnemonastrum canadensegroundcover · May-JulyCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberCanada Milk VetchAstragalus canadensiswildflower · June–AugustChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneCommon AlumrootHeuchera richardsoniiwildflower · June–JulyCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyDotted BlazingstarLiatris punctatawildflower · August–SeptemberEastern Red ColumbineAquilegia canadensiswildflower · May-JuneEvening PrimroseOenothera bienniswildflower · July–SeptemberFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFlat-topped White AsterDoellingeria umbellatawildflower · August–SeptemberFragrant SumacRhus aromaticashrub · April-MayGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberGolden BeanThermopsis rhombifoliawildflower · May–JuneGolden Currant (Buffalo Currant)Ribes aureumshrub · May–JuneGolden TickseedCoreopsis tinctoriawildflower · July-SeptemberGumweedGrindelia squarrosawildflower · July-SeptemberHoary AsterDieteria canescenswildflower · July-SeptemberJerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosuswildflower · August–SeptemberJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberMarsh MarigoldCaltha palustriswildflower · May–JuneMaximilian SunflowerHelianthus maximilianiwildflower · August–OctoberMeadow BlazingstarLiatris ligulistyliswildflower · August–SeptemberMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustMissouri MilkvetchAstragalus missouriensiswildflower · May-JuneMountain HollyhockIliamna rivulariswildflower · Jul-AugNarrow-leaf WillowSalix exiguashrub · Apr-MayNodding OnionAllium cernuumwildflower · June–AugustNorthern Black CurrantRibes hudsonianumshrub · May–JuneNuttall's SunflowerHelianthus nuttalliiwildflower · August–SeptemberPale AgoserisAgoseris glaucawildflower · June–JulyPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPhiladelphia FleabaneErigeron philadelphicuswildflower · May–JulyPin CherryPrunus pensylvanicatree · MayPrairie ConeflowerRatibida columniferawildflower · June–AugustPrairie CrocusPulsatilla nuttallianawildflower · March-MayPrairie GoldenrodSolidago missouriensiswildflower · July-AugustPrairie RoseRosa arkansanashrub · June–AugustPrairie ThistleCirsium flodmaniiwildflower · June-AugustPrairie TurnipPediomelum esculentumwildflower · May-JunePrickly Wild RoseRosa acicularisshrub · June–JulyPurple ConeflowerEchinacea angustifoliawildflower · June-AugustPurple PeavineLathyrus venosusvine · June-JulyPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustPussy WillowSalix discolorshrub · March–AprilRabbitbrushEricameria nauseosashrub · August-OctoberRed ColumbineAquilegia formosawildflower · May-JulyRed Osier DogwoodCornus sericeashrub · June–JulyRocky Mountain BeeplantPeritoma serrulatawildflower · June-SeptemberScarlet GlobemallowSphaeralcea coccineawildflower · June–AugustSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShowy MilkweedAsclepias speciosawildflower · June–AugustShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSilvery LupineLupinus argenteuswildflower · Jun-AugSlender Blue BeardtonguePenstemon proceruswildflower · Jun-JulSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberSneezeweedHelenium autumnalewildflower · August-OctoberSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustSticky Purple GeraniumGeranium viscosissimumwildflower · June–JulyStiff GoldenrodSolidago rigidawildflower · August–SeptemberStiff Sunflower (Rhombic-leaved Sunflower)Helianthus paucifloruswildflower · August–SeptemberTall CinquefoilDrymocallis argutawildflower · June–AugustTall GoldenrodSolidago altissimawildflower · Aug-SepUmbrella BuckwheatEriogonum umbellatumwildflower · June-AugustWater SmartweedPersicaria amphibiawildflower · June–SeptemberWestern SnowberrySymphoricarpos occidentalisshrub · June–JulyWhite Prairie CloverDalea candidawildflower · July–AugustWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild Black CurrantRibes americanumshrub · Apr-MayWild Blue FlaxLinum lewisiiwildflower · June–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild LicoriceGlycyrrhiza lepidotawildflower · June–AugustWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWild Red CurrantRibes tristeshrub · May–JuneWild StrawberryFragaria virginianagroundcover · May–JuneWoods' RoseRosa woodsiishrub · Jun-JulYellow AvensGeum aleppicumwildflower · June–AugustYellow PuccoonLithospermum ruderalewildflower · April-June

gathers pollen at

Brittle Prickly-pearOpuntia fragilisgroundcover · June-JulySilky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-Aug

lays eggs on

Wild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–August