Flower-Visiting Insects & Birds
of American Fly
Honeysuckle
Lonicera canadensis (American Fly Honeysuckle)
(the flowers are fragrant; Halictid bees suck nectar or collect pollen, while other bees and the Ruby-Throated Hummingbird suck only nectar; the bumblebee often perforates the flower at its base to suck nectar; observations are from Graenicher, Bertin, and Lovell as indicated below)
Birds
Trochilidae: Archilochus colubris sn (Brt)
Bees (long-tongued)
Apidae (Bombini): Bombus vagans sn prf sn@prf (Lvl); Megachilidae (Osmiini): Osmia atriventris sn (Gr), Osmia distincta sn (Gr)
Bees (short-tongued)
Halictidae (Halictinae): Lasioglossum macoupinensis sn cp (Gr), Halictus sp. sn (Gr); Andrenidae (Andreninae): Andrena pruni sn (Gr), Andrena vicina sn (Gr)