Pocket-maker. The nest is established in the ground (Backmann, 1915; Hoffer, 1882, 1883; Stoeckhert, 1933).
A medium-sized species with a long tongue, emerging in late spring, nesting below the surface of the ground. In its nest structure, it should probably be placed in Sladen's (1912) group of 'pocket-making' 'pollen-primer' species.
Rasmont (2008) reports that this species will utilise abandoned mammal nests.