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，蜂群花粉可以给其他植授粉，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，我们发现它们出蜂蜜很不好，并且它们太大了，无法对澳洲许多花授粉。

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

也许这种化合能够对那些不授粉就抢夺采蜜大盗起到威慑。

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。

That's an important early part of the pollination process.

这是授粉早期一个重要部分。

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授粉起着至关重要。

Helpful for crops like these almond trees in California which have short pollination windows.

有助于像这些在加利福尼亚州杏树有短期授粉窗口。

Sometimes it doesn't but the organizers say their mission isn't only positioned on pumpkin pulverization.

有时候没有，但是组织者说他们任务不仅仅是给南瓜授粉。

So imagine a world where that pollination process is not taking place.

我们不敢想象没有授粉世界会是什么样子。

So your lettuces, your kales, your spinaches, because anything beyond that requires bee pollination.

比如菜、羽衣甘蓝、菠菜，因为除此之外任何都需要蜜蜂授粉。

It gives those plants a competitive advantage in the world of pollination.

这使得这些植在授粉方面具有竞争优势。

On farm fields, for instance, different pollinators go to work at different times.

比如在农场，不同昆虫在不同时段帮助授粉。

She describes a flower field as a sort of pollination marketplace.

她将花田描述为一个授粉市场。

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

这些蜂群被来为该州农业授粉。

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

幸运是，我们许多主食谷都是靠风授粉。

Gymnosperms usually depend upon the wind for pollination.

裸子植通常依靠风授粉。

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

一种进化出引人注目花朵植会吸引更多授粉昆虫。

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花朵授粉。

Right. I mean, honestly, they cross-pollinate all over the place. - Oh my god.

是。我意思是，老实说，它们在各处地方异花授粉。 - 我天啊。