Polylectic. In Germany it will collect pollen from Cirsium vulgare, Leontodon hispidus, Hieracium spp. (Asteraceae); Lotus corniculatus (Fabaceae); Thymus pulegioides (Lamiaceae); Plantago media (Plantaginaceae) (Westrich, 1989).
Banaszak & Romasenko (1989) list Medicago, Lotus, Vicia, Trifolium (Fabaceae); Leontodon, Cirsium, Carduus, Cichorium, Crepis and Tanacetum (Asteraceae) as forage sources.
Specimen data from Poland adds Lythrum salicaria (Lythraceae) as a forage source.