Tricoloured Bumble Bee

Bombus ternarius native bee

Orange-banded bumble bee of boreal and parkland edges; forages willow, blueberry, goldenrod.

77 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Alpine Hedysarum (Bear Root)Hedysarum americanumwildflower · June-AugustBearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursigroundcover · May–JuneBebb's WillowSalix bebbianatree · April–MayBlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberBog BlueberryVaccinium uliginosumshrub · JuneBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBunchberryCornus canadensisgroundcover · JuneCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberCanada Milk VetchAstragalus canadensiswildflower · June–AugustChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneCommon AlumrootHeuchera richardsoniiwildflower · June–JulyCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyDotted BlazingstarLiatris punctatawildflower · August–SeptemberDwarf RaspberryRubus arcticusgroundcover · June-JulyElegant 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–JuneGolden Currant (Buffalo Currant)Ribes aureumshrub · May–JuneJerusalem ArtichokeHelianthus tuberosuswildflower · August–SeptemberJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberLate GoldenrodSolidago giganteawildflower · August-SeptemberLindley's AsterSymphyotrichum ciliolatumwildflower · August–SeptemberLow BilberryVaccinium myrtillusshrub · May-JuneMany-flowered Aster (Tufted White Prairie Aster)Symphyotrichum ericoideswildflower · August–SeptemberMarsh MarigoldCaltha palustriswildflower · May–JuneMaximilian SunflowerHelianthus maximilianiwildflower · August–OctoberMeadow BlazingstarLiatris ligulistyliswildflower · August–SeptemberMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustNarrow-leaved HawkweedHieracium umbellatumwildflower · Jul-SepNorthern Black CurrantRibes hudsonianumshrub · May–JuneNorthern HedysarumHedysarum borealewildflower · Jun-JulPale AgoserisAgoseris glaucawildflower · June–JulyPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPin CherryPrunus pensylvanicatree · MayPrairie ConeflowerRatibida columniferawildflower · June–AugustPrairie CrocusPulsatilla nuttallianawildflower · March-MayPrairie GoldenrodSolidago missouriensiswildflower · July-AugustPrairie RoseRosa arkansanashrub · June–AugustPrairie ThistleCirsium flodmaniiwildflower · June-AugustPrickly Wild RoseRosa acicularisshrub · June–JulyPurple ConeflowerEchinacea angustifoliawildflower · June-AugustPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustPurple-stemmed Tall Aster (Swamp Aster)Symphyotrichum puniceumwildflower · August–SeptemberPussy WillowSalix discolorshrub · March–AprilRed Osier DogwoodCornus sericeashrub · June–JulySaline Shooting StarPrimula pauciflorawildflower · May-JunSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSilverberryElaeagnus commutatashrub · JuneSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustSmooth AsterSymphyotrichum laevewildflower · August–OctoberSneezeweedHelenium autumnalewildflower · August-OctoberSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustStiff GoldenrodSolidago rigidawildflower · August–SeptemberTall GoldenrodSolidago altissimawildflower · Aug-SepThimbleberryRubus parviflorusshrub · June–JulyThree Flowered Avens (Prairie Smoke, Old Man's Whiskers)Geum triflorumwildflower · May–JuneVelvet-leaf BlueberryVaccinium myrtilloidesshrub · May–JuneWestern SnowberrySymphoricarpos occidentalisshrub · June–JulyWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild 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-OctWoods' RoseRosa woodsiishrub · Jun-Jul

gathers pollen at

BunchberryCornus canadensisgroundcover · JuneLow BilberryVaccinium myrtillusshrub · May-JuneMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustSandbar WillowSalix interiorshrub · Apr-MayVelvet-leaf BlueberryVaccinium myrtilloidesshrub · May–June