009 蜜蜂如何酿蜜

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Who makes honey?

谁在酿蜜？

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Honeybees do, of course!

当然是蜜蜂啦！

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But making honey is a special job for worker honeybees

但酿蜜是工蜂的一项特殊工作。

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How do these bees make honey?

这些蜜蜂怎么酿蜜呢？

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They do it together!

它们一起合作！

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Older worker bees leave the hive early in the morning

年长的工蜂清晨就离开蜂巢。

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Their job is to gather nectar from flowers

它们的工作是从花朵采集花蜜。

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They suck the nectar with their long, straw-like tongues

它们用长长的、吸管般的舌头吸取花蜜。

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Then they store it in their honey stomachs

然后把花蜜储存在蜜胃里。

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Honeybees have two stomachs

蜜蜂有两个胃。

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The normal stomach digests food

正常的胃消化食物。

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But the honey stomach is just for storing nectar

而蜜胃只用来储存花蜜。

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This special stomach can hold a lot of nectar!

这个特殊的胃能装很多花蜜！

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Filling a honey stomach isn't an easy job

装满蜜胃可不容易。

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Bees must visit hundreds of flowers

蜜蜂必须探访几百朵花。

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That's a lot of flying!

那可要飞很久！

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After the bees fill their honey stomachs, they return to the hive

等蜜蜂装满蜜胃后，它们就会返回蜂巢。

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There, they pass the nectar to other worker bees

在那里，它们把花蜜交给其他工蜂。

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The new workers put the nectar inside the honeycomb

接手的工蜂把花蜜放进蜂巢的巢房。

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Honeycomb is a group of small cells inside the hive

蜂巢是由许多小巢房组成的。

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Then worker bees fan the nectar with their wings

然后工蜂用翅膀扇花蜜。

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This dries it. Slowly, it grows thick

这样花蜜变干，慢慢变稠。

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The thick, sweet liquid is now honey!

这稠稠的甜汁就是蜂蜜了！

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The honey is an important food for the bees

蜂蜜是蜜蜂重要的食物。

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They store extra honey in the honeycomb

它们把多余的蜂蜜储存在蜂巢里。

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They will eat it in the winter

冬天它们就吃这些蜂蜜。

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Making honey is hard work

酿蜜是一项辛苦的工作。

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The worker bees do it together — like a team

工蜂们一起合作——就像一个团队。