Half-black Bumble Bee

Bombus vagans native bee

A medium-tongued social bumble bee. Nests usually underground. Forages on Aster, Cirsium, Lonicera, Monarda and others.

76 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–JulyBunchberryCornus canadensisgroundcover · JuneCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneCommon PaintbrushCastilleja miniatawildflower · June–AugustCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyCream-Coloured PeavineLathyrus ochroleucusvine · June–JulyDotted BlazingstarLiatris punctatawildflower · August–SeptemberEarly Yellow OxytropisOxytropis sericeawildflower · May-JuneEastern Red ColumbineAquilegia canadensiswildflower · May-JuneElegant GoldenrodSolidago lepidawildflower · August-SeptemberFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFlat-topped White AsterDoellingeria umbellatawildflower · August–SeptemberGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberGolden BeanThermopsis rhombifoliawildflower · May–JuneGreater Northern AsterCanadanthus modestuswildflower · July–SeptemberHairy Golden AsterHeterotheca villosawildflower · July-SeptemberJerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosuswildflower · August–SeptemberJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberLeafy AsterSymphyotrichum foliaceumwildflower · July-SeptemberMarsh AsterSymphyotrichum borealewildflower · July-SeptemberMarsh MarigoldCaltha palustriswildflower · May–JuneMaximilian SunflowerHelianthus maximilianiwildflower · August–OctoberMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustMountain HollyhockIliamna rivulariswildflower · Jul-AugNodding OnionAllium cernuumwildflower · June–AugustNorthern Black CurrantRibes hudsonianumshrub · May–JunePale AgoserisAgoseris glaucawildflower · June–JulyPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPhiladelphia FleabaneErigeron philadelphicuswildflower · May–JulyPin CherryPrunus pensylvanicatree · MayPrairie ConeflowerRatibida columniferawildflower · June–AugustPrairie GoldenrodSolidago missouriensiswildflower · July-AugustPurple Avens (Water Avens)Geum rivalewildflower · May–JulyPurple ConeflowerEchinacea angustifoliawildflower · June-AugustPurple PeavineLathyrus venosusvine · June-JulyPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustPurple-stemmed Tall Aster (Swamp Aster)Symphyotrichum puniceumwildflower · August–SeptemberRed ColumbineAquilegia formosawildflower · May-JulyRound-leaved AlumrootHeuchera cylindricawildflower · June–JulySelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustSlender 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–SeptemberTall GoldenrodSolidago altissimawildflower · Aug-SepWater ParsnipSium suaveaquatic · Jul-AugWestern Blue IrisIris missouriensiswildflower · May-JulyWestern SnowberrySymphoricarpos occidentalisshrub · June–JulyWhite GeraniumGeranium richardsoniiwildflower · June–AugustWhite Prairie AsterSymphyotrichum falcatumwildflower · August–SeptemberWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild Black CurrantRibes americanumshrub · Apr-MayWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild GooseberryRibes oxyacanthoidesshrub · May–JuneWild LicoriceGlycyrrhiza lepidotawildflower · June–AugustWild MintMentha canadensiswildflower · July–AugustWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWild StrawberryFragaria virginianagroundcover · May–JuneWild VetchVicia americanavine · June–JulyWillow AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatumwildflower · Aug-OctWoodland StrawberryFragaria vescagroundcover · May–JuneWoods' RoseRosa woodsiishrub · Jun-JulYellow PuccoonLithospermum ruderalewildflower · April-June

gathers pollen at

BunchberryCornus canadensisgroundcover · JuneTwinflowerLinnaea borealisgroundcover · June–JulyWild Lily-of-the-valleyMaianthemum canadensegroundcover · May–JuneWild SarsaparillaAralia nudicaulisherb · June