Yellow-banded Bumble Bee

Bombus terricola native bee

A short-tongued social bumble bee. Nests usually underground. Forages on Crocus, Linaria, Melilotus, Monarda and others.

46 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

BearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursigroundcover · May–JuneBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneDotted BlazingstarLiatris punctatawildflower · August–SeptemberEastern Red ColumbineAquilegia canadensiswildflower · May-JuneFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustFlat-topped GoldenrodEuthamia graminifoliawildflower · August-SeptemberFlat-topped White AsterDoellingeria umbellatawildflower · August–SeptemberGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–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–SeptemberMeadow BlazingstarLiatris ligulistyliswildflower · August–SeptemberMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberPin CherryPrunus pensylvanicatree · MayPrickly Wild RoseRosa acicularisshrub · June–JulyPurple Prairie CloverDalea purpureawildflower · July–AugustPurple-stemmed Tall Aster (Swamp Aster)Symphyotrichum puniceumwildflower · August–SeptemberPussy WillowSalix discolorshrub · March–AprilRed ColumbineAquilegia formosawildflower · May-JulyRed Osier DogwoodCornus sericeashrub · June–JulySaline Shooting StarPrimula pauciflorawildflower · May-JunSelf-healPrunella vulgariswildflower · June–AugustShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSlender Cinquefoil (Graceful Cinquefoil)Potentilla graciliswildflower · June–AugustSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustTall GoldenrodSolidago altissimawildflower · Aug-SepTrembling AspenPopulus tremuloidestree · AprilTwining Honeysuckle (Limber Honeysuckle)Lonicera dioicavine · June–JulyVelvet-leaf BlueberryVaccinium myrtilloidesshrub · May–JuneWild BergamotMonarda fistulosawildflower · July–AugustWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild LicoriceGlycyrrhiza lepidotawildflower · June–AugustWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWild VetchVicia americanavine · June–JulyWillow AsterSymphyotrichum lanceolatumwildflower · Aug-OctYellow RattleRhinanthus minorwildflower · June–August

gathers pollen at

BunchberryCornus canadensisgroundcover · JuneLow BilberryVaccinium myrtillusshrub · May-JuneMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustVelvet-leaf BlueberryVaccinium myrtilloidesshrub · May–JuneWild SarsaparillaAralia nudicaulisherb · June