A bivoltine species, flying in the Spring and again from June to July. Mavromoustakis (1954) reports activity from January to April , and again in June in Cyprus. Tomozei (2014) states the species can still be active in September
In Thessaly (Greece), Standfuss et al. (2011) report flight activity from March to July
Pittioni (2014; accessed 2017) reports flight activity from April to June, and again in August.
Parasites: The bee Nomada mauretannica is cited as a cleptoparasite of this species (Dylewska, 1987)