The matter also shelters pollinators and other insects.

这种物质也为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年联合国的一份报告估计，百分之十六的粉昆虫面临灭绝危机。

Now scientists understand that moths are important nocturnal pollinators.

如今科学家已能确定飞蛾种群是十分重要的夜间粉者。

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

但究竟有多少粉者，这在当时是一个悬而未决的问。

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

它们也不支持鸟类、蜜蜂和蝴蝶等粉者。

Sceptics told him he was wasting his time, since rice was a self-pollinator.

有人质疑他浪费时间，因为水稻属自花粉作物。

However, barley's wind pollination means bees do not bother to visit it.

然而，大麦的粉意味着蜜蜂不为它粉。

These little insects are some of the best pollinators in the entire world.

这些小昆虫是世界上最好的粉者。

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

你知道这些毛茸茸的飞行动物也是粉者吗？

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

比如许多有香味的花朵，使用萜烯来吸引粉者。

In the U.S., pollinator services are actually more highly valued than is honey production.

在美国，粉者服务实际上比蜂蜜生产更受重视。

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

植物用它来作为吸引粉昆虫的诱饵。

Anne Leonard, a pollination biologist at the University of Nevada, Reno.

内华达州立大学雷诺分校的粉生物学家安妮·伦纳德说道。

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粉者接触到花。

Together, they are probably the most important group of insect pollinators.

加在一起，它们可能是最重要的昆虫粉介。

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

蜜蜂和蝴蝶这种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，开花植物将失去粉者。

In fact, they are the world's most important pollinators.

事实上，它们是世界上最重要的粉者。

It's famous for its unique odor-something like rotting flesh-which it uses to attract pollinators.

它因用来吸引粉者的有点像腐肉的独特气味而著名。

This is to attract pollinators, like dung beetles and flies, rather than bees and butterflies.

这是为了吸引比如金龟子和苍蝇等的粉者, 而不是蜜蜂和蝴蝶。