Honey Bee Pollination蜜蜂授粉

Honeybees play an interesting and important role in nature.蜜蜂在自然界中扮演着有趣而重要的角色。

In addition to making honey, honeybees help many plants reproduce.除了制造蜂蜜，蜜蜂还帮助许多植物繁殖。

They do thisby pollinating the plant,whichmeanstotransfer pollen.它们通过给植物授粉来完成这一过程，也就是传递花粉。

Pollination occurs when pollen is moved within a plant's flower or carried to another flower.授粉发生在花粉在植物花内移动或被带到另一朵花。

This is how the plants reproduce.这就是植物繁殖的方式。

For reproduction to succeed, the pollen must be transferred from the male part of a flower to the female part.为了繁殖成功，花粉必须从花的雄性部分转移到雌性部分。

Pollination is how some plants？ reproduce 一些植物授粉的过程是怎么样 ？繁殖

Many plants depend on pollination for reproduction.许多植物依靠授粉繁殖。

These include many fruits and vegetables.这些包括许多水果和蔬菜。

Besides honeybees, there are many other pollinators, including birds, insects and other kinds of bees.除了蜜蜂，还有许多其他传粉者，包括鸟类、昆虫和其他种类的蜜蜂。

Without enough pollinators, many of our favorite fruits and vegetables would become more expensive and hard to find.如果没有足够的传粉者，许多我们喜爱的水果和蔬菜将变得更加昂贵和难以找到。

These include almonds and cherries.这些包括杏仁和樱桃。

What do many plants depend on to reproduction? pollination许多植物靠什么来繁殖?授粉

Besides honeybees what are some other pollinators? birds and insects除了蜜蜂，还有哪些传粉者?鸟类和昆虫

Honeybees are important pollinators and play an important role in agriculture.蜜蜂是重要的传粉媒介，在农业生产中起着重要的作用。

Beekeepers are people who keep honeybees.养蜂人就是养蜜蜂的人。

In addition to collecting honey, some beekeepers provide pollination services to farmers.除了采集蜂蜜，一些养蜂人还为农民提供授粉服务。

They do this by raising and managing colonies of bees.他们通过饲养和管理蜂群来做到这一点。

Farmersneedthecoloniestopollinatetheircrops.农民需要蜂群来给庄稼授粉。

Beekeepers can provide and manage bee colonies for farmers.养蜂人可以为农民提供和管理蜂群。

Whet service did some bee keepers provide to famers? pollination service一些养蜂人给农民提供了什么服务?授粉服务

Honeybees play an interesting and important role in nature.蜜蜂在自然界中扮演着有趣而重要的角色。

Beekeepers are people who keep honeybees.养蜂人就是养蜜蜂的人。

Colony Collapse蜂群崩坏

Honey bees are social insects that live in colonies.蜜蜂是群居的昆虫。

A bee colony consists of a queen bee, male drones and thousands of female worker bees.蜂群由蜂王、雄蜂和成千上万的工蜂组成。

Each colony also contains eggs and immature bees in various stages of development.每个蜂群中还含有处于不同发育阶段的卵和未成熟的蜜蜂。

The number of beeswithinacolony depends onseasonalchanges.蜂群中的蜜蜂数量取决于季节的变化。

A colony's population increases during the warm seasons and decreases during colder seasons.种群数量在温暖季节增加，在寒冷季节减少。

In recent years, many bee colonies have collapsed, or disappeared.近年来，许多蜂群崩溃或消失。

A bee colony collapse occurs when a majority of the bees in a colony disappear and leave behind the queen.当蜂群中的大多数蜜蜂消失并离开蜂王时，蜂群就会崩溃。

Some beekeepers have reported losing 30 to 90 percent of their colonies.一些养蜂人报告说，他们失去了30%到90%的蜂群。

This loss of bee colonies can cause significant problems for farmers who depend on them to pollinate their crops.蜜蜂数量的减少会给依赖它们为作物授粉的农民带来严重的问题。

In somepartsof the world a shortage of bees hasincreasedthe cost ofrentingbees by up to 20%.在世界上的一些地方，蜜蜂的短缺使得租用蜜蜂的成本增加了20%。

What has increase the cost of renting bees in some parts of the world? a shortage of bees在世界的某些地方，是什么增加了蜜蜂的租赁成本?蜜蜂短缺

There are several possible causes for bee colony collapse.蜂群崩溃有几个可能的原因。

One possible cause is the use of new pesticides.一个可能的原因是使用了新的杀虫剂。

Otherpossible causesincludeinfectionsfrom viruses, genetic factors, and malnutrition.其他可能的原因包括病毒感染、遗传因素和营养不良。

Changing weather patterns may also play a role as summers get hotter and winters get colder.随着夏季变热、冬季变冷，气候模式的变化也可能起到一定作用。

These changes in weather may weaken the bees, making it more difficult for them to fight infections.这些天气变化可能会削弱蜜蜂的力量，使它们更难抵御感染。

What may make it more difficult for bees to fight infections? change in weather condition是什么让蜜蜂更难抵抗感染?天气变化

Whatever the cause of colony collapse, it's important to understand that many parts of our world are interdependent.无论蜂群崩溃的原因是什么，重要的是要明白我们世界的许多地方是相互依存的。

Changes that affect one species may have serious effects on other species.影响一个物种的变化可能对其他物种产生严重影响。

A change to our environment can start a chain of events that is difficult to predict.环境的变化会引发一系列难以预测的事件。

In any complex system such as the Earth's environment,small changes can have unforeseen consequences.在任何复杂的系统中，比如地球环境，微小的变化都可能带来无法预料的后果。

The danger of unforeseen consequences is something we all need to understand better.

我们都需要更好地理解意外后果的危险。

Things that are interdependent are depend on each other.相互依存的事物是相互依存的。

The Earth's environment is a extremely complex system.地球环境是一个极其复杂的系统。

The number of bees within a colony depends on seasonal changes.蜂群内蜜蜂的数量取决于季节的变化。