Central Bumble Bee

Bombus centralis native bee

A long-tongued social bumble bee. Forages on Allium, Cirsium, Monardella, Penstemon and others.

89 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Ascending MilkvetchAstragalus laxmanniiwildflower · Jun-JulBalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittatawildflower · May-JulBearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursigroundcover · May–JuneBirch-leaved SpireaSpiraea betulifoliashrub · Jun-JulBlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberBlue ColumbineAquilegia brevistylawildflower · June–JulyBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberCanada Milk VetchAstragalus canadensiswildflower · June–AugustChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneCommon PaintbrushCastilleja miniatawildflower · June–AugustCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyCreeping JuniperJuniperus horizontalisgroundcover · MayDotted BlazingstarLiatris punctatawildflower · August–SeptemberDrummond's MilkvetchAstragalus drummondiiwildflower · May-JulEastern Red ColumbineAquilegia canadensiswildflower · May-JuneFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberGolden BeanThermopsis rhombifoliawildflower · May–JuneGolden Currant (Buffalo Currant)Ribes aureumshrub · May–JuneHeart-leaved ArnicaArnica cordifoliawildflower · May-JulyLance-leaved StonecropSedum lanceolatumgroundcover · June–JulyLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberLeafy ArnicaArnica chamissoniswildflower · July–AugustLeafy AsterSymphyotrichum foliaceumwildflower · July-SeptemberMeadow BlazingstarLiatris ligulistyliswildflower · August–SeptemberMountain HollyhockIliamna rivulariswildflower · Jul-AugNodding OnionAllium cernuumwildflower · June–AugustNorthern GentianGentianella amarellawildflower · July–SeptemberNorthern HedysarumHedysarum borealewildflower · Jun-JulPale AgoserisAgoseris glaucawildflower · June–JulyPrairie CrocusPulsatilla nuttallianawildflower · March-MayPrairie GoldenrodSolidago missouriensiswildflower · July-AugustPrairie RoseRosa arkansanashrub · June–AugustPrairie ThistleCirsium flodmaniiwildflower · June-AugustPrickly Wild RoseRosa acicularisshrub · June–JulyPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustRabbitbrushEricameria nauseosashrub · August-OctoberRed ColumbineAquilegia formosawildflower · May-JulyRound-leaved AlumrootHeuchera cylindricawildflower · June–JulyScorpion WeedPhacelia sericeawildflower · Jun-AugShowy FleabaneErigeron speciosuswildflower · June–AugustShowy LocoweedOxytropis splendenswildflower · June–JulyShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSilky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-AugSilvery LupineLupinus argenteuswildflower · Jun-AugSlender Blue BeardtonguePenstemon proceruswildflower · Jun-JulSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberSmooth Blue BeardtonguePenstemon nitiduswildflower · May–JuneSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustSticky Purple GeraniumGeranium viscosissimumwildflower · June–JulyTall Lungwort (Blue Bells)Mertensia paniculatawildflower · June–JulyTwin ArnicaArnica sororiawildflower · May-JulyUmbrella BuckwheatEriogonum umbellatumwildflower · June-AugustWestern Blue IrisIris missouriensiswildflower · May-JulyWestern SnowberrySymphoricarpos occidentalisshrub · June–JulyWhite GeraniumGeranium richardsoniiwildflower · June–AugustWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild Blue FlaxLinum lewisiiwildflower · June–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild GooseberryRibes oxyacanthoidesshrub · May–JuneWild LicoriceGlycyrrhiza lepidotawildflower · June–AugustWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWoods' RoseRosa woodsiishrub · Jun-JulYellow BeardtonguePenstemon confertuswildflower · May-JulYellow Monkey FlowerErythranthe guttatawildflower · Jun-AugYellow PuccoonLithospermum ruderalewildflower · April-JuneYellowbellsFritillaria pudicawildflower · March-May

gathers pollen at

BalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittatawildflower · May-JulBlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyDrummond's MilkvetchAstragalus drummondiiwildflower · May-JulEvening PrimroseOenothera bienniswildflower · July–SeptemberFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustHairy Golden AsterHeterotheca villosawildflower · July-SeptemberLilac PenstemonPenstemon graciliswildflower · June–JulyPrickly Wild RoseRosa acicularisshrub · June–JulyRound-leaved AlumrootHeuchera cylindricawildflower · June–JulySaline Shooting StarPrimula pauciflorawildflower · May-JunSaskatoon BerryAmelanchier alnifoliashrub · May–JuneSilky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-AugSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustTall CinquefoilDrymocallis argutawildflower · June–AugustTall LarkspurDelphinium glaucumwildflower · Jul-AugUmbrella BuckwheatEriogonum umbellatumwildflower · June-AugustWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyYellow PuccoonLithospermum ruderalewildflower · April-June