Northern Amber Bumble Bee

Bombus borealis native bee

Long-tongued bumble bee favouring deep flowers (legumes, mints).

32 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Boreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBuckbeanMenyanthes trifoliataaquatic · May–JuneCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberCanada Milk VetchAstragalus canadensiswildflower · June–AugustDotted BlazingstarLiatris punctatawildflower · August–SeptemberEvening PrimroseOenothera bienniswildflower · July–SeptemberFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFlat-topped White AsterDoellingeria umbellatawildflower · August–SeptemberGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberMarsh Hedge NettleStachys pilosawildflower · July-AugustMarsh MarigoldCaltha palustriswildflower · May–JuneMarsh SkullcapScutellaria galericulatawildflower · June–AugustMeadow BlazingstarLiatris ligulistyliswildflower · August–SeptemberMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustNarrow-leaved HawkweedHieracium umbellatumwildflower · Jul-SepPrairie ThistleCirsium flodmaniiwildflower · June-AugustPurple Avens (Water Avens)Geum rivalewildflower · May–JulyPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustPurple-stemmed Tall Aster (Swamp Aster)Symphyotrichum puniceumwildflower · August–SeptemberSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShowy MilkweedAsclepias speciosawildflower · June–AugustSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustWestern SnowberrySymphoricarpos occidentalisshrub · June–JulyWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild LicoriceGlycyrrhiza lepidotawildflower · June–AugustWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWild VetchVicia americanavine · June–JulyYellow RattleRhinanthus minorwildflower · June–August

gathers pollen at

Silky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-Aug