Bees pollinate, and without pollination we cannot produce food. It's as simple as that.

蜜蜂还可以授粉，而如果没有授粉，我们就无法产粮食。道理就是这么简单。

For instance, with its pollen bee colonies can pollinate other plants and keep them reproducing.

例如，蜂群的花粉可以给其他植物授粉，帮助它们繁殖。

Maybe the compounds are deterrent to nectar robbers, who take nectar without pollinating.

也许这种化合物能够对那些不授粉就抢夺的采蜜大盗起到威慑作用。

Today, here on Principe Island, we see there are many places where bees are pollinating.

今天，在普林西比岛上，我们看到很多地有蜜蜂在授粉。

Bees are vital in pollinating hundreds of crops, from apples and blackberries to cucumbers.

蜜蜂对从苹果、黑莓到黄瓜等数百种作物的授粉起着至关重要的作用。

But what exactly is going on when bees pollinate a plant?

但蜜蜂给植物授粉的时候到底发了什么呢？

A large number of the crops we eat and rely on are pollinated by insects.

人类赖以为食的大量庄稼是由昆虫授粉的。

And the bees and the beehive fences are also pollinating the fields.

这些蜜蜂和蜂巢围栏也同时在给土地传授花粉。

Better yet, the bees also pollinate plants, and even produce honey.

更好的是，蜜蜂还可以给植物授粉，甚至产蜂蜜。

And they're busy pollinating plants as they love nectar as well as blood.

它们忙着为植物授粉，因为它们既喜欢花蜜，也喜欢鲜血。

Native bees are estimated to pollinate 80% of flowering plants around the world.

据估计，本地蜂类为世界上 80% 的开花植物授粉。

After a peanut flower is pollinated, the flower wilts and curves down.

花花授粉后，花会枯萎并弯曲。

The colonies are used to pollinate the nation's agriculture.

这些蜂群被用来为该州的农业授粉。

Fortunately, many of our staple grains are pollinated by the wind.

幸运的是，我们的许多主食谷物是靠风授粉的。

Other plants that bees pollinate might survive with other pollinators.

蜜蜂授粉的其他植物可能会和其他授粉媒介一起存活下来。

A plant that evolved attention-grabbing flowers would attract a higher number of pollinating insects.

一种进化出引人注目的花朵的植物会吸引更多的授粉昆虫。

Bees make honey and they pollinate the city's parks and gardens.

蜜蜂酿蜜，还能对公园和花园里的花朵授粉。

Flies in general are the second most important group of pollinating insects.

苍蝇一般是第二重要的授粉昆虫。

Like many flowers, it uses pollinating insects, bees.

和其他花一样，它也利用蜜蜂授粉。

Only the male orchid bees pollinate the orchids.

只有雄峰才对这种兰花授粉。