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年联合国的一份报告，分之十六的传粉昆虫面临灭绝危机。

And you might notice that the sundews very cleverly hold their flowers on tall, thin stems high above their murderous leaves to avoid trapping potential pollinators.

们可能注意到了，茅膏花非常巧妙地把花托又高又细的茎上，高于那些有害的叶子，以避免捕获潜的传粉者。

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

但究竟有多少传粉者，这当时是一个悬而未决的问题。

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。

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

有人质疑他浪费时间，因为水稻属自花传粉作物。

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

然而，大麦的风媒传粉意味着蜜蜂不为它传粉。

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

道这些毛茸茸的飞行动物也是传粉者吗？

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

比如许多有香味的花朵，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传粉生物学家安妮·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传粉者接触到花。

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

加一起，它们可能是最重要的昆虫传粉媒介。

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。

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的中心部位都裸露外面，但花粉太重，不能空气中传播，它们会让蜜蜂和其他传粉者帮助它们完成受精。

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。

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

事实上，它们是世界上最重要的传粉者。

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

作为传粉者，该飞虫健康的生态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，是鸟类和其它生物的食物。

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

还有一些不太为人所的传粉者——甚至有沙鼠。