Specialist bees on Early Goldenrod

30 native bees whose young are raised on the pollen of it, most recorded first.

Carpenter-mimic Leafcutter Bee Megachile xylocopoides Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more 1 record on goldenrods
Dark-veined Longhorn Bee Melissodes trinodis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more 1 record on goldenrods
Drury's Long-horned Bee Melissodes druriellus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 5 more 1 record on goldenrods
Hairy-banded Mining Bee Andrena hirticincta Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Grindelia and 1 more 1 record on goldenrods
Cloudy-winged Mining Bee Andrena nubecula Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Euthamia 1 record on goldenrods
Parallel Leafcutter Bee Megachile parallela Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago, Helianthus and 26 more 1 record on goldenrods
Giant Sweat Bee Dieunomia heteropoda Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Coreopsis and 3 more 1 record on goldenrods
Aster Mining Bee Andrena asteris Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Eurybia 1 record on goldenrods
Spine-shouldered Cellophane Bee Colletes simulans Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Euthamia 1 record on goldenrods
Hostile Leaf-cutter Bee Megachile inimica Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Cirsium and 10 more 1 record on goldenrods
Melissodes dentiventris Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 6 more 1 record on goldenrods
Valiant Long-horned Bee Melissodes illatus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 18 more 1 record on goldenrods
Aster Cellophane Bee Colletes compactus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Bidens and 3 more 1 record on goldenrods
Agile Longhorn Bee Melissodes agilis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Cirsium, Helianthus and 5 more 1 record on goldenrods
Eight-spotted Fairy Bee Perdita octomaculata Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Pityopsis and 4 more 1 record on goldenrods
Yellow-faced Miner Bee Andrena aliciae Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 3 more 1 record on goldenrods
Eastern Bare-Miner Protandrena andrenoides Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Rudbeckia and 1 more 1 record on goldenrods
Swenk's Fairy Bee Perdita swenki Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Heterotheca and 1 more 1 record on goldenrods
Goldenrod Cellophane Bee Colletes solidaginis Pollen specialist on Solidago 1 record on goldenrods
Northeastern Pebble Bee Dianthidium simile Pollen specialist on Solidago and Symphyotrichum 1 record on goldenrods
Andrena braccata Pollen specialist on Solidago and Euthamia 1 record on goldenrods
Beach Dune Cellophane Bee Colletes speculiferus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Euthamia 1 record on goldenrods
Composite Bare-Miner Protandrena compositarum Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Bidens and 2 more 1 record on goldenrods
Canadian Mining Bee Andrena canadensis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Eurybia and 2 more 1 record on goldenrods
Simple Miner Bee Andrena simplex Pollen specialist on Symphyotrichum, Solidago and Eurybia 1 record on goldenrods
American Cellophane Bee Colletes americanus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 4 more 1 record on goldenrods
Pigmented Miner Bee Andrena chromotricha Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Helianthus 1 record on goldenrods
Peaceful Miner Bee Andrena placata Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum and Eurybia 1 record on goldenrods
Sunflower Shortface Dufourea marginata Pollen specialist on Solidago, Helianthus, Grindelia and 1 more 1 record on goldenrods
Big-cheeked Angled-Mason Ashmeadiella bucconis Pollen specialist on Solidago, Erigeron, Helianthus and 23 more 1 record on goldenrods

Dark-veined Longhorn Bee

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Specialist bees · handed down from goldenrods

What the records say

Host to · as larvae 1 record on goldenrods
Recorded on goldenrods, and handed down to its species.
- Fowler & Droege, Pollen Specialist Bees 1 record
  
  A specialist bee's young are raised on its host plant's pollen, so the plant is a larval host.
Interacts with 1 record
- Encyclopedia of Life text mining 1 record
  
  A. Thessen. 2014. Species associations extracted from EOL text data objects via text mining.
References
- A. Thessen. 2014. Species associations extracted from EOL text data objects via text mining. Accessed at <https://github.com/EOL/pseudonitzchia/archive/e5838965a186fba4b7215cd0d179c4526773bad5.zip> on 13 Jul 2026.