Human activity, for example the clearing of river banks in the Caboolture River may threaten nest sites of this bee.
Scolopendra cingulata | Glomerella cingulata | Amegilla cingulata |
In Australia, as bumblebees are not native, and Australia has a number of widely publicised environmental disasters caused by escaped introduced species ("feral species"), research is under way to adapt the use of the Australian native, Blue Banded Bees, for the same task.