Flower-Visiting Insects and Birds
of Smooth
Honeysuckle
Lonicera dioica (Smooth Honeysuckle)
(Also called Limber Honeysuckle; hummingbirds & bees suck nectar; some bees also collect pollen, as indicated below; Syrphid flies feed on pollen & are non-pollinating; Graenicher regarded the smaller bees as ineffective at pollination; observations are from Robertson and Graenicher)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn fq (Rb, Gr)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus impatiens sn fq (Rb), Bombus pensylvanica sn (Rb, Gr), Bombus vagans sn cp fq (Gr); Anthophoridae (Anthophorini): Anthophora ursina sn cp fq (Rb); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia albiventris sn np (Gr), Osmia atriventris sn np (Gr), Osmia distincta sn np (Gr), Osmia simillima sn np (Gr)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella persimilis sn np (Gr), Lasioglossum coriaceus cp np (Gr), Lasioglossum reticulatus cp np (Gr)
Flies
Syrphidae: Pipiza femoralis fp np (Rb)