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，我们就无法生产粮食。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。

When the European Honey Bee was first discovered out in the bush, we found they made really unpleasant honey and they were also too big to pollinate many of our native flowers here in Australia.

当欧洲蜜蜂第一次在灌木丛中发现时，我们发现它们产出的蜂蜜很不好，并且它们太大了，无法对澳洲的许多花授粉。

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。

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，我们看到很多地方都有蜜蜂在授粉。

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。

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都是由昆虫授粉的。

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都是靠风授粉的。

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。

What is a characteristic feature of flowers pollinated by geckos?

壁虎授粉的花有什么特点？

East facing blooms attracted five times as many pollinating insects than west facing ones.

朝东的花吸引的传粉昆虫是朝西的五倍。

And Darwin said, " No, I'm sure that there is an insect somewhere with a proboscis long enough to pollinate that star orchid."

而达尔文说，“不，我相信世上有某种吸管足够长的昆虫，可以为这株彗星兰授粉。”

By breaking in in this way, though, a bumblebee nullifies the 100m-year-old pact between flowering plants and insects: that the plant feeds the insect in exchange for the insect pollinating the plant.

然而这种暴获取的方式却撕毁了有花植物和昆虫间一亿万的古老契约：植物为昆虫提供食物，昆虫履行为其授粉的义务。

Bees deserve some respect — they give us honey, and they play their part either pollinating the many vegetables and fruits we eat directly or pollinating the food for the animals that we then consume.

蜜蜂应该得到一些尊重——它们给我们蜂蜜，它们要么为我们直接食用的许多蔬菜和水果授粉，要么为我们食用的动物的食物授粉。

They'll see something there, they'll be interested, they'll come running in, they've got a big landing platform, they get covered in pollen, they pollinate the plant and it produces seeds.

传粉昆虫看到有像昆虫的东西在这，就会被吸引它们就会一头扎进来，并以此作为一个大的着陆点，从而蹭得满身花粉对植物授粉，然后植物结籽。

And they found their bubble system worked just as well as the more labor-intensive pollination by hand: Pear trees pollinated by bubble ultimately bore fruit—a sweet sign of success.

他们发现泡泡系统的效果，跟劳动更加密集的人工授粉一样好——肥皂泡授粉的梨树最终结出了果实，而这是个甜蜜的成功标志。