Doug Wechsler / Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) in flower, Colorado, USA, August.

Kerstin Hinze / Fireball bergamot (Monarda didyma) in flower, Germany, June

Kerstin Hinze / Fireball bergamot (Monarda didyma) in flower, Germany, June

Gary K. Smith / Bergamot 'garden view' variety {Monarda sp} in full flower in a summer garden, Norfolk, UK, July

Larry Michael / Wild bergamot {Monarda fistulosa} planted for prairie restoration on an 1880's farm, Wisconsin, USA

Donald M. Jones / Black-chinned Hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) male feeding on Bergamot (Monarda sp) flower nectar, Troy, Montana

Doug Wechsler / Eastern carpenter bee (Xylocopa virginica) on Spotted beebalm (Monarda punctata), New Jersey, USA. September.

Rolf Nussbaumer / Black-chinned hummingbird (Archilochus alexandri) male nectaring on Lemon beebalm (Monarda citriodora). Hill Country, Texas, USA.

Doug Wechsler / Hummingbird clearwing moth (Hemaris thysbe) nectaring at Wild bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) French Creek State Park, Pennsylvania, USA, July.