Pollinators are bees, butterflies, hummingbirds, or other insects that help move pollen from one plant to another.

授粉者是蜜蜂、蝴蝶、蜂鸟或其他帮助将花粉从一种植物转移到另一种植物昆虫。

You can create a lot of butterfly habitat and pollinator habitat on a windowsill.

你可以在窗台上创造出不少蝴蝶和授粉者环境。

The matter also shelters pollinators and other insects.

这种物质也为传粉者和其他昆虫提供庇护。

A 2016 United Nations report estimates 16 percent of pollinators are threatened with extinction.

2016年联合国一份报告估计，百分之十六传粉昆虫面临灭绝危机。

Just how many pollinators was an open question at the time.

但究竟有多少传粉者，这在当时是一个悬而未决问题。

They also do not support pollinators like birds, bees, and butterflies.

它们也不支持鸟类、蜜蜂和蝴蝶等传粉者。

And did you know that these furry fliers are also pollinators?

你知道这些毛茸茸飞行动物也是传粉者吗？

Lots of sweet-smelling flowers, for instance, use terpenes to attract pollinators.

比如许多有香味花朵，使用萜烯来吸引传粉者。

And that's used as a lure by the plant to encourage other pollinators.

植物用它来作为吸引传粉昆虫诱饵。

She added that less cutting of plants and grass lets pollinators get to flowers.

她补充说，少割植物少割草可以让传粉者接触到花。

Other plants that bees pollinate might survive with other pollinators.

蜜蜂授粉其他植物可能会和其他授粉媒介一起存活下来。

Pollinators like bees and butterflies help flowers to reproduce while getting a tasty treat.

蜜蜂和蝴蝶这种传粉昆虫帮助花朵繁殖，同时得到花粉。

As temperatures rise predators will lose their prey and flowering plants their pollinators.

随着气温升高，捕食者将失去猎物，开花植物将失去传粉者。

While most plants do keep their pollen-covered private parts right out there in the open, flower pollen is usually too heavy to go airborne, instead they get bees and other pollinators to help them do the fertilization deed.

虽然大多数植物它们裹着花粉中心部位都裸露在外面，但花粉太重，不能在空气中传播，它们会让蜜蜂和其他传粉者帮助它们完成受精。

The flying insects play a big part in a healthy ecosystem as pollinators.

作为传粉者，该飞虫在健康系统中发挥着重要作用。

They are pollinators; they're herbivores; they're food for birds and other organisms.

这些动物是传粉者，是食草昆虫，是鸟类和其它物食物。

When you think of pollinators — what comes to mind?

说起传粉者，你会想到什么呢？

And there are some lesser-known pollinator pals, too — even gerbils.

还有一些不太为人所知传粉者——甚至有沙鼠。

For plants, specialist pollinators act as a form of insurance policy.

对植物来说，有特定授粉者相当于上了保险。

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has credited pollinators, including bees, for playing a role in about a third of our food supply.

美国农业部认为，包括蜜蜂在内授粉昆虫在国内约三分之一食物供应中扮演了重要角色。