Yellow Cuckoo Bumble Bee

Bombus flavidus native bee

A cuckoo (Psithyrus) bumble bee, produces no workers and usurps the colonies of other Bombus. Adults nectar at Cirsium, Melilotus, Senecio.

40 documented plant relationships.

sips nectar at

Alpine Forget-me-notMyosotis asiaticawildflower · June-AugustArctic AsterEurybia sibiricawildflower · Jul-SepBalsamrootBalsamorhiza sagittatawildflower · May-JulBearberryArctostaphylos uva-ursigroundcover · May–JuneBlanketflowerGaillardia aristatawildflower · June–SeptemberBoreal YarrowAchillea borealiswildflower · June-AugustBracted HoneysuckleLonicera involucratashrub · June–JulyCanada GoldenrodSolidago canadensiswildflower · August–SeptemberChokecherryPrunus virginianashrub · May–JuneCommon PaintbrushCastilleja miniatawildflower · June–AugustCommon SnowberrySymphoricarpos albusshrub · June–JulyField ChickweedCerastium arvensegroundcover · May-JulyFireweedChamaenerion angustifoliumwildflower · July-AugustGiant HyssopAgastache foeniculumwildflower · July–SeptemberHeart-leaved ArnicaArnica cordifoliawildflower · May-JulyJoe-Pye WeedEutrochium maculatumwildflower · July–SeptemberLance-leaved StonecropSedum lanceolatumgroundcover · June–JulyLeafy AsterSymphyotrichum foliaceumwildflower · July-SeptemberMeadowsweetSpiraea albashrub · July–AugustNarrow-leaved HawkweedHieracium umbellatumwildflower · Jul-SepPale AgoserisAgoseris glaucawildflower · June–JulyPearly EverlastingAnaphalis margaritaceawildflower · July–SeptemberRabbitbrushEricameria nauseosashrub · August-OctoberRocky-Ledge BeardtonguePenstemon ellipticuswildflower · Jun-AugShowy AsterEurybia conspicuawildflower · July–SeptemberShowy FleabaneErigeron speciosuswildflower · June–AugustShrubby CinquefoilDasiphora fruticosashrub · June–SeptemberSitka ValerianValeriana sitchensiswildflower · Jun-AugSneezeweedHelenium autumnalewildflower · August-OctoberSpreading DogbaneApocynum androsaemifoliumwildflower · June–AugustSticky Purple GeraniumGeranium viscosissimumwildflower · June–JulyThimbleberryRubus parviflorusshrub · June–JulyTwin ArnicaArnica sororiawildflower · May-JulyWestern Blue IrisIris missouriensiswildflower · May-JulyWild ChivesAllium schoenoprasumwildflower · June–JulyWild MintMentha canadensiswildflower · July–AugustWild RaspberryRubus idaeusshrub · June–JulyWoods' RoseRosa woodsiishrub · Jun-JulYellow BeardtonguePenstemon confertuswildflower · May-JulYellow Monkey FlowerErythranthe guttatawildflower · Jun-Aug