Orange-banded Bumble Bee

Bombus appositus native bee

A long-tongued social bumble bee. Nests on the surface or underground. Forages on Agastache, Cirsium, Delphinium, Gentiana and others.

56 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Alberta PenstemonPenstemon albertinuswildflower · May-JulBalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittatawildflower · May-JulBirch-leaved SpireaSpiraea betulifoliashrub · Jun-JulCanada Milk VetchAstragalus canadensiswildflower · June–AugustCommon PaintbrushCastilleja miniatawildflower · June–AugustCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyDotted BlazingstarLiatris punctatawildflower · August–SeptemberEarly Yellow OxytropisOxytropis sericeawildflower · May-JuneFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustFuzzy-tongue PenstemonPenstemon eriantheruswildflower · May-JulGolden BeanThermopsis rhombifoliawildflower · May–JuneGolden Currant (Buffalo Currant)Ribes aureumshrub · May–JuneLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberMountain GentianGentiana calycosawildflower · Aug-SepPale AgoserisAgoseris glaucawildflower · June–JulyPink Monkey FlowerErythranthe lewisiiwildflower · July-AugustPlains WormwoodArtemisia campestriswildflower · Aug-SepPrairie GentianGentiana affiniswildflower · August-SeptemberPrairie GoldenrodSolidago missouriensiswildflower · July-AugustPrairie RoseRosa arkansanashrub · June–AugustPrairie ThistleCirsium flodmaniiwildflower · June-AugustPrairie TurnipPediomelum esculentumwildflower · May-JunePrickly Wild RoseRosa acicularisshrub · June–JulyRabbitbrushEricameria nauseosashrub · August-OctoberRed ColumbineAquilegia formosawildflower · May-JulyRound-leaved AlumrootHeuchera cylindricawildflower · June–JulySaskatoon BerryAmelanchier alnifoliashrub · May–JuneSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShowy FleabaneErigeron speciosuswildflower · June–AugustShowy MilkweedAsclepias speciosawildflower · June–AugustSlender Blue BeardtonguePenstemon proceruswildflower · Jun-JulSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustSmooth Blue BeardtonguePenstemon nitiduswildflower · May–JuneSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustSticky Purple GeraniumGeranium viscosissimumwildflower · June–JulySulphur HedysarumHedysarum sulphurescenswildflower · Jun-JulTall LarkspurDelphinium glaucumwildflower · Jul-AugWestern SnowberrySymphoricarpos occidentalisshrub · June–JulyWhite GeraniumGeranium richardsoniiwildflower · June–AugustWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild VetchVicia americanavine · June–JulyWood Betony (Bracted Lousewort)Pedicularis bracteosawildflower · June–AugustYellow BeardtonguePenstemon confertuswildflower · May-JulYellow PuccoonLithospermum ruderalewildflower · April-JuneYellow-flowered LocoweedOxytropis campestriswildflower · June–July

gathers pollen at

FireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustHooded Ladies' TressesSpiranthes romanzoffianawildflower · July–AugustLilac PenstemonPenstemon graciliswildflower · June–JulyPrickly Wild RoseRosa acicularisshrub · June–JulyPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustSilky LupineLupinus sericeuswildflower · Jun-AugTall LarkspurDelphinium glaucumwildflower · Jul-AugWhite Prairie CloverDalea candidawildflower · July–AugustWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–August