Flower-Visiting Insects & Birds
of Wild
Columbine
Aquilegia canadensis (Wild Columbine)
(Hummingbirds suck nectar; bumblebees suck nectar or collect pollen; short-tongued bees collect pollen & are non-pollinating; observations are from Robertson, Graenicher, Reed, Moure & Hurd, and Mitchell as indicated below)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn (Rb, Gr)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus fervida (Re)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Augochlorella striata cp np (MH), Lasioglossum sp. cp np (Re), Lasioglossum cressonii cp np (Re), Lasioglossum forbesii cp np (MH), Lasioglossum oblongus cp np (Mch), Lasioglossum obscurus cp np (Mch)