Polylectic: Polylectic, foraging from Filipendula ulmaria, Rubus (Rosaceae); Castanea (Fagaceae); Jasione montana (Dipsacaceae); Galium (Rubiaceae); Tanacetum vulgare, Cirsium and Centaurea (Asteraceae)(Chambers, 1968).
A photo of this species from Austria [as A. freygessneri] visiting Sempervivum montanum (Crassulaceae) is shown in Ebmer (2003). Scheuchl (in prep.) also lists A. freygessneri as a valid species and cites Sempervivum, Crassula (Crassulaceae) and Aster (Asteraceae) as forage plants.
Banaszak (1980) has described V. spicata (Scrophulariaceae) as an important species for bees in the xerothermal habitats of the lower Vistula in Poland.
Tomozei (2014), citing others, states that he females forage on flowers of the Asteraceae, Polygonaceae, Brassicaeae, Rosaceae, Fabaceae, Ericaceae and Lamiaceae (Osytshnjuk 1977, Osytshnjuk et al. 2005, Dylewska 1987, 2000).