Sitka Bumble Bee

Bombus sitkensis native bee

A medium-tongued social bumble bee. Forages on Cirsium, Ribes, Vaccinium and others.

25 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Arctic AsterEurybia sibiricawildflower · Jul-SepBearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursigroundcover · May–JuneBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustGreater Northern AsterCanadanthus modestuswildflower · July–SeptemberLeafy AsterSymphyotrichum foliaceumwildflower · July-SeptemberNarrow-leaved HawkweedHieracium umbellatumwildflower · Jul-SepNorthern GentianGentianella amarellawildflower · July–SeptemberPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPink Monkey FlowerErythranthe lewisiiwildflower · July-AugustRed ColumbineAquilegia formosawildflower · May-JulyRound-leaved AlumrootHeuchera cylindricawildflower · June–JulySelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShowy AsterEurybia conspicuawildflower · July–SeptemberShowy FleabaneErigeron speciosuswildflower · June–AugustSitka ValerianValeriana sitchensiswildflower · Jun-AugSlender Blue BeardtonguePenstemon proceruswildflower · Jun-JulThimbleberryRubus parviflorusshrub · June–JulyTrailing RaspberryRubus pedatusgroundcover · May-JulyTwinflowerLinnaea borealisgroundcover · June–JulyWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyYellow Monkey FlowerErythranthe guttatawildflower · Jun-Aug

gathers pollen at

Common SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–July