Specialist bees on Slender Goldenrod

21 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
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
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
American Cellophane Bee Colletes americanus Pollen specialist on Solidago, Symphyotrichum, Helianthus and 4 more 1 record on goldenrods

Eight-spotted Fairy Bee

on Slender Goldenrod

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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.
Flowers visited by 35 records on goldenrods
Recorded on goldenrods, and handed down to its species.
- iNaturalist 32 records
  
  iNaturalist community observations of species interactions.
- Mcz 3 records
  
  Harvard University M, Morris P J (2021). Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University.
Read by a rule · 1 record

Bees gather pollen and nectar, so a host record is a visit to the flowers.
References
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Visited by 11 records on goldenrods
Recorded on goldenrods, and handed down to its species.
- AMNH Hymenoptera 9 records
  
  American Museum of Natural History Hymenoptera
- iNaturalist 2 records
  
  iNaturalist community observations of species interactions.
References
- iNaturalist observation 179260824
- iNaturalist observation 132976345