Golden Northern Bumble Bee

Bombus fervidus native bee

A long-tongued social bumble bee. Nests usually on the surface or above ground in deserted mouse nests, tall grass or haystacks. Forages on Astragalus, Cirsium, Helianthus, Lonicera and others.

82 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

BalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittatawildflower · May-JulBirch-leaved SpireaSpiraea betulifoliashrub · Jun-JulBlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBracted HoneysuckleLonicera involucratashrub · June–JulyCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberCanada Milk VetchAstragalus canadensiswildflower · June–AugustCommon PaintbrushCastilleja miniatawildflower · June–AugustCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyCreeping JuniperJuniperus horizontalisgroundcover · MayDotted BlazingstarLiatris punctatawildflower · August–SeptemberDrummond's MilkvetchAstragalus drummondiiwildflower · May-JulEarly Yellow OxytropisOxytropis sericeawildflower · May-JuneEastern Red ColumbineAquilegia canadensiswildflower · May-JuneEvening PrimroseOenothera bienniswildflower · July–SeptemberFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustFragrant SumacRhus aromaticashrub · April-MayGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberGolden BeanThermopsis rhombifoliawildflower · May–JuneGolden Currant (Buffalo Currant)Ribes aureumshrub · May–JuneGumweedGrindelia squarrosawildflower · July-SeptemberJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberMarsh Hedge NettleStachys pilosawildflower · July-AugustMeadow BlazingstarLiatris ligulistyliswildflower · August–SeptemberMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustNodding OnionAllium cernuumwildflower · June–AugustNorthern GentianGentianella amarellawildflower · July–SeptemberPale AgoserisAgoseris glaucawildflower · June–JulyPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPrairie ConeflowerRatibida columniferawildflower · June–AugustPrairie GentianGentiana affiniswildflower · August-SeptemberPrairie GoldenrodSolidago missouriensiswildflower · July-AugustPrairie RoseRosa arkansanashrub · June–AugustPrairie ThistleCirsium flodmaniiwildflower · June-AugustPurple Avens (Water Avens)Geum rivalewildflower · May–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 Butterfly PlantOenothera suffrutescenswildflower · Jun-AugSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShowy FleabaneErigeron speciosuswildflower · June–AugustShowy LocoweedOxytropis splendenswildflower · June–JulyShowy MilkweedAsclepias speciosawildflower · June–AugustShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSilky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-AugSilvery LupineLupinus argenteuswildflower · Jun-AugSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustSticky Purple GeraniumGeranium viscosissimumwildflower · June–JulyTall LarkspurDelphinium glaucumwildflower · Jul-AugThimbleberryRubus parviflorusshrub · June–JulyThree Flowered Avens (Prairie Smoke, Old Man's Whiskers)Geum triflorumwildflower · May–JuneUmbrella BuckwheatEriogonum umbellatumwildflower · June-AugustWestern Blue IrisIris missouriensiswildflower · May-JulyWhite GeraniumGeranium richardsoniiwildflower · June–AugustWhite Prairie CloverDalea candidawildflower · July–AugustWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild Blue FlaxLinum lewisiiwildflower · June–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild ClematisClematis ligusticifoliavine · July–AugustWild LicoriceGlycyrrhiza lepidotawildflower · June–AugustWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWild VetchVicia americanavine · June–JulyWoods' RoseRosa woodsiishrub · Jun-JulYellow BeardtonguePenstemon confertuswildflower · May-JulYellow Monkey FlowerErythranthe guttatawildflower · Jun-AugYellow PuccoonLithospermum ruderalewildflower · April-JuneYellow-flowered LocoweedOxytropis campestriswildflower · June–July

gathers pollen at

Brittle Prickly-pearOpuntia fragilisgroundcover · June-JulyDrummond's MilkvetchAstragalus drummondiiwildflower · May-JulPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustRound-leaved AlumrootHeuchera cylindricawildflower · June–JulySilky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-AugWhite Prairie CloverDalea candidawildflower · July–AugustWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–August

lays eggs on

Tall GoldenrodSolidago altissimawildflower · Aug-SepWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–August