224 THE HUMBLE-BEE 1X 
raspberry and fruit blossom of all kinds ; and among 
flowering shrubs and trees, red ribes, Escadlonza, 
Cotoneaster, and horse chestnut. In August, when 
their numbers are greatest and wild flowers begin 
to fade, they flock to the fields of red clover, and the 
lazy males congregate on the thistle heads. 
