Confusing Bumble Bee

Bombus perplexus native bee

A medium-tongued social bumble bee. Forages on Campanula, Cirsium, Melilotus, Penstemon and others.

49 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Birch-leaved SpireaSpiraea betulifoliashrub · Jun-JulBlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneEvening PrimroseOenothera bienniswildflower · July–SeptemberFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFlat-topped White AsterDoellingeria umbellatawildflower · August–SeptemberGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberGolden TickseedCoreopsis tinctoriawildflower · July-SeptemberHooded Ladies' TressesSpiranthes romanzoffianawildflower · July–AugustJerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosuswildflower · August–SeptemberJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberLeafy ArnicaArnica chamissoniswildflower · July–AugustLow BilberryVaccinium myrtillusshrub · May-JuneMeadow BlazingstarLiatris ligulistyliswildflower · August–SeptemberMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustMountain HollyhockIliamna rivulariswildflower · Jul-AugNarrow-leaved HawkweedHieracium umbellatumwildflower · Jul-SepNorthern Black CurrantRibes hudsonianumshrub · May–JuneNuttall's SunflowerHelianthus nuttalliiwildflower · August–SeptemberPin CherryPrunus pensylvanicatree · MayPrairie CrocusPulsatilla nuttallianawildflower · March-MayPrairie RoseRosa arkansanashrub · June–AugustPrickly Wild RoseRosa acicularisshrub · June–JulyPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustPurple-stemmed Tall Aster (Swamp Aster)Symphyotrichum puniceumwildflower · August–SeptemberPussy WillowSalix discolorshrub · March–AprilRed Osier DogwoodCornus sericeashrub · June–JulySelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShowy MilkweedAsclepias speciosawildflower · June–AugustShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberSticky Purple GeraniumGeranium viscosissimumwildflower · June–JulyTall GoldenrodSolidago altissimawildflower · Aug-SepTall Meadow RueThalictrum dasycarpumwildflower · Jun-JulThimbleberryRubus parviflorusshrub · June–JulyVelvet-leaf BlueberryVaccinium myrtilloidesshrub · May–JuneWestern SnowberrySymphoricarpos occidentalisshrub · June–JulyWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild ClematisClematis ligusticifoliavine · July–AugustWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWild Red CurrantRibes tristeshrub · May–June

gathers pollen at

BunchberryCornus canadensisgroundcover · JuneLow BilberryVaccinium myrtillusshrub · May-JuneMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustVelvet-leaf BlueberryVaccinium myrtilloidesshrub · May–JuneWild SarsaparillaAralia nudicaulisherb · June