A univoltine species, flying from mid-May to the beginning of July. In Greece, the flight season starts in late March or early April.
In Thessaly (Greece), Standfuss et al. (2011) report flight activity in May
Parasites: The bee Nomada stigma is cited as a cleptoparasite of this species (Westrich, 1989; Amiet, 2010). Dylewska (1987) cites Nomada cinnaberina and possibly N. goodeniana as parasites