Yellow Bumble Bee (Bombus fervidus), a State Special Concern bee, inhabits grassy, open areas, which include forest clearings, gardens, parks, and along roadsides. Nests are found both above and below the ground, though most commonly above ground. A nesting site is usually at least 50m from an area where food is plentiful enough to feed the entire colony. The breed in the summer months. Nectar/pollen plants include aster, black-eyed Susan, common milkweed, Queen Anne's lace, dandelions, bull thistle, goldenrod, jewelweed, devil's beggartick, Joe-pye weed, climbing bittersweet, black willow, yellow poplar, American holly, ragweed, greater bladderwort, blueberry, jimsonweed, honeysuckle, and rose mallow. In Wisconsin, observation records have mostly been made between May and October.
