Hunt's Bumble Bee

Bombus huntii native bee

Common prairie/parkland bumble bee; long colony season makes it a key generalist pollinator of asters, clovers and mints.

103 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Ascending MilkvetchAstragalus laxmanniiwildflower · Jun-JulBalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittatawildflower · May-JulBearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursigroundcover · May–JuneBebb's WillowSalix bebbianatree · April–MayBig SagebrushArtemisia tridentatashrub · Aug-SepBirch-leaved SpireaSpiraea betulifoliashrub · Jun-JulBlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberBlue ClematisClematis occidentalisvine · May-JunBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBroomweedGutierrezia sarothraeshrub · August-OctoberCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberCanada Milk VetchAstragalus canadensiswildflower · June–AugustChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyCreeping JuniperJuniperus horizontalisgroundcover · MayDotted BlazingstarLiatris punctatawildflower · August–SeptemberDrummond's MilkvetchAstragalus drummondiiwildflower · May-JulEarly Yellow OxytropisOxytropis sericeawildflower · May-JuneElegant GoldenrodSolidago lepidawildflower · August-SeptemberFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFragrant SumacRhus aromaticashrub · April-MayGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberGolden BeanThermopsis rhombifoliawildflower · May–JuneGolden Currant (Buffalo Currant)Ribes aureumshrub · May–JuneGumweedGrindelia squarrosawildflower · July-SeptemberHairy Golden AsterHeterotheca villosawildflower · July-SeptemberHoary AsterDieteria canescenswildflower · July-SeptemberJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberLeafy ArnicaArnica chamissoniswildflower · July–AugustLow-bush CranberryViburnum eduleshrub · JuneMany-flowered Aster (Tufted White Prairie Aster)Symphyotrichum ericoideswildflower · August–SeptemberMaximilian SunflowerHelianthus maximilianiwildflower · August–OctoberMeadow BlazingstarLiatris ligulistyliswildflower · August–SeptemberMoss PhloxPhlox hoodiigroundcover · Apr-JunMountain GentianGentiana calycosawildflower · Aug-SepMountain HollyhockIliamna rivulariswildflower · Jul-AugNodding OnionAllium cernuumwildflower · June–AugustNorthern BedstrawGalium borealewildflower · June–AugustNorthern HedysarumHedysarum borealewildflower · Jun-JulNuttall's SunflowerHelianthus nuttalliiwildflower · August–SeptemberPale AgoserisAgoseris glaucawildflower · June–JulyPink Monkey FlowerErythranthe lewisiiwildflower · July-AugustPrairie 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-OctoberRocky Mountain BeeplantPeritoma serrulatawildflower · June-SeptemberScarlet Butterfly PlantOenothera suffrutescenswildflower · Jun-AugScarlet GlobemallowSphaeralcea coccineawildflower · June–AugustShowy FleabaneErigeron speciosuswildflower · June–AugustShowy MilkweedAsclepias speciosawildflower · June–AugustShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSilky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-AugSilverberryElaeagnus commutatashrub · JuneSilvery 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–JulyStiff GoldenrodSolidago rigidawildflower · August–SeptemberThree Flowered Avens (Prairie Smoke, Old Man's Whiskers)Geum triflorumwildflower · May–JuneUmbrella BuckwheatEriogonum umbellatumwildflower · June-AugustWestern Blue IrisIris missouriensiswildflower · May-JulyWestern Canada VioletViola rugulosawildflower · May–JulyWestern SnowberrySymphoricarpos occidentalisshrub · June–JulyWhite 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 MintMentha canadensiswildflower · July–AugustWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWild VetchVicia americanavine · June–JulyWillow AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatumwildflower · Aug-OctWoods' RoseRosa woodsiishrub · Jun-JulYellow BeardtonguePenstemon confertuswildflower · May-JulYellow PuccoonLithospermum ruderalewildflower · April-June

gathers pollen at

BlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberBlue ColumbineAquilegia brevistylawildflower · June–JulyCommon PaintbrushCastilleja miniatawildflower · June–AugustCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyDrummond's MilkvetchAstragalus drummondiiwildflower · May-JulFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberLilac PenstemonPenstemon graciliswildflower · June–JulyPrairie GoldenrodSolidago missouriensiswildflower · July-AugustPrickly Wild RoseRosa acicularisshrub · June–JulyPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustShowy FleabaneErigeron speciosuswildflower · June–AugustSilky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-AugSticky Purple GeraniumGeranium viscosissimumwildflower · June–JulyWhite GeraniumGeranium richardsoniiwildflower · June–AugustWhite Prairie CloverDalea candidawildflower · July–AugustWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–July