Flower-Visiting Insects
of Wild Black
Currant
Ribes americanum (Wild Black Currant)
(bees suck nectar or collect pollen; observations are from Graenicher, Wilhelm & Rericha, and Discover Life)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus griseocollis sn (Gr), Bombus pensylvanicus sn (Gr); Anthophoridae (Ceratinini): Ceratina calcarata (WR), Ceratina dupla dupla (WR), Ceratina strenua (WR)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlora pura pura (WR), Augochlorella aurata (WR), Lasioglossum coriaceum cp (Gr), Lasioglossum forbesii cp (Gr), Lasioglossum versans (DL), Lasioglossum versatum cp (Gr); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena nivalis cp olg (Gr)