Brown-tailed Bumble Bee

Bombus mixtus native bee

A medium-tongued social bumble bee. Nests variable, many on the ground surface, but also above and below ground. Forages on Epilobium, Monardella, Penstemon, Phacelia and others.

85 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Alpine Forget-me-notMyosotis asiaticawildflower · June-AugustAlpine Hedysarum (Bear Root)Hedysarum americanumwildflower · June-AugustBalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittatawildflower · May-JulBearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursigroundcover · May–JuneBebb's WillowSalix bebbianatree · April–MayBirch-leaved SpireaSpiraea betulifoliashrub · Jun-JulBog BlueberryVaccinium uliginosumshrub · JuneBog CranberryVaccinium oxycoccosgroundcover · June-JulyBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBracted HoneysuckleLonicera involucratashrub · June–JulyCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberCanada Milk VetchAstragalus canadensiswildflower · June–AugustCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyDesert Shooting StarPrimula conjugenswildflower · Apr-JunEarly Blue VioletViola aduncagroundcover · May–JuneFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustGolden BeanThermopsis rhombifoliawildflower · May–JuneGolden Currant (Buffalo Currant)Ribes aureumshrub · May–JuneHairy Golden AsterHeterotheca villosawildflower · July-SeptemberLance-leaved StonecropSedum lanceolatumgroundcover · June–JulyLeafy ArnicaArnica chamissoniswildflower · July–AugustLeafy AsterSymphyotrichum foliaceumwildflower · July-SeptemberMarsh Hedge NettleStachys pilosawildflower · July-AugustNarrow-leaved HawkweedHieracium umbellatumwildflower · Jul-SepNodding OnionAllium cernuumwildflower · June–AugustPale AgoserisAgoseris glaucawildflower · June–JulyPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPink Monkey FlowerErythranthe lewisiiwildflower · July-AugustPink PyrolaPyrola asarifoliagroundcover · June–AugustPrairie CrocusPulsatilla nuttallianawildflower · March-MayRed ColumbineAquilegia formosawildflower · May-JulyRound-leaved AlumrootHeuchera cylindricawildflower · June–JulySaline Shooting StarPrimula pauciflorawildflower · May-JunSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShowy FleabaneErigeron speciosuswildflower · June–AugustShowy MilkweedAsclepias speciosawildflower · June–AugustShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSilky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-AugSilvery LupineLupinus argenteuswildflower · Jun-AugSitka ValerianValeriana sitchensiswildflower · Jun-AugSlender Blue BeardtonguePenstemon proceruswildflower · Jun-JulSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustSticky Purple GeraniumGeranium viscosissimumwildflower · June–JulySulphur HedysarumHedysarum sulphurescenswildflower · Jun-JulTall LarkspurDelphinium glaucumwildflower · Jul-AugTall Lungwort (Blue Bells)Mertensia paniculatawildflower · June–JulyThimbleberryRubus parviflorusshrub · June–JulyTwin ArnicaArnica sororiawildflower · May-JulyTwinflowerLinnaea borealisgroundcover · June–JulyWater ParsnipSium suaveaquatic · Jul-AugWestern Blue IrisIris missouriensiswildflower · May-JulyWestern MeadowrueThalictrum occidentalewildflower · May-JulyWestern Mountain AshSorbus scopulinashrub · June–JulyWestern SnowberrySymphoricarpos occidentalisshrub · June–JulyWhite GeraniumGeranium richardsoniiwildflower · June–AugustWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild Blue FlaxLinum lewisiiwildflower · June–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild MintMentha canadensiswildflower · July–AugustWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWild VetchVicia americanavine · 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 ColumbineAquilegia flavescenswildflower · June–AugustYellow Monkey FlowerErythranthe guttatawildflower · Jun-AugYellow PuccoonLithospermum ruderalewildflower · April-June

gathers pollen at

BearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursigroundcover · May–JuneBracted HoneysuckleLonicera involucratashrub · June–JulyCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyEarly Blue VioletViola aduncagroundcover · May–JuneFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustLarge-leaved AvensGeum macrophyllumwildflower · June–JulyRed ColumbineAquilegia formosawildflower · May-JulySaline Shooting StarPrimula pauciflorawildflower · May-JunSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustSilverweedPotentilla anserinagroundcover · June–AugustSlender Blue BeardtonguePenstemon proceruswildflower · Jun-JulThimbleberryRubus parviflorusshrub · June–JulyWild Blue FlaxLinum lewisiiwildflower · June–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–July