英國(guó)學(xué)生科學(xué)讀本 Lesson 84 勤勞的蜜蜂(2)
皮膚被叮咬的地方高高腫起, 在接下來的幾天時(shí)間里, 這個(gè)傷口都會(huì)令人感到疼痛難忍。
The hive bee is dark brown in colour, and its body is covered with brown hairs. Its length is a little more than half an inch. The body of the bee, like that of all insects, is divided into three parts—the head, the chest, and the belly.
蜜蜂的體色呈深棕色, 覆蓋著一層棕色絨毛。蜜蜂體長(zhǎng)半英寸稍多一些, 與所有的昆蟲一樣, 蜜蜂的身體分為三個(gè)部分——頭部、胸部與腹部。
The head has two eyes, two feelers, and a long trunk or tongue with which the bee gathers honey from the flowers. The chest has two pairs of gauzy wings above, and underneath there are three pairs of jointed legs. The belly is the largest of the three parts of the body, but it has no limbs attached to it. If we examine the body of the bee carefully, we shall see that it is made of a number of rings joined together.
蜜蜂的頭上長(zhǎng)有兩只眼睛、兩根觸角以及長(zhǎng)長(zhǎng)的喙或者說是舌頭, 它就是通過這個(gè)器官來收集花蜜。胸部共有兩種器官：上面是兩對(duì)輕薄的翅膀, 下面則是三對(duì)長(zhǎng)有關(guān)節(jié)的腿。在蜜蜂的整個(gè)身體中, 腹部體積最大, 不過卻沒有任何附肢與之相連。仔細(xì)觀察蜜蜂的身體, 就會(huì)發(fā)現(xiàn), 它是由很多彼此相連的環(huán)形結(jié)構(gòu)組成。
Each of the two hind legs of the bee has a hollow called the "basket" on the outer side. In these two baskets the working bee stores up the pollen, or yellow grains like dust, which it gets from the flowers. This pollen is taken to the hive and mixed with honey. It is then called "bee bread, " for it is the food on which the young bees are brought up.
蜜蜂的兩條后腿外側(cè)都有一個(gè)被稱作花粉筐(也叫花粉籃)的中空部分。工蜂將那些從花朵中采集的花粉(粉末狀的黃色微粒)儲(chǔ)存在這兩個(gè)“籃子”里面。蜜蜂將花粉運(yùn)送到蜂窩之中, 與蜂蜜混合在一起。這就是“蜂糧”, 幼年蜜蜂依靠這些食物發(fā)育成長(zhǎng)。
There is never more than one grown-up queen bee in a hive at a time. As the summer goes on, and the hive becomes too full, a young queen grows up. Then the old queen and a great number of the working bees leave the hive. This is called "swarming. " The swarm of bees often settles on the branch of a tree not far from the hive, and soon they are taken by their owner and put into a new and empty hive.
蜂窩中不可能存在兩只成年蜂后。隨著夏季的推進(jìn), 蜂窩就會(huì)變得擁擠不堪, 這時(shí)候一只幼年蜂后逐漸發(fā)育成熟。這時(shí), 老蜂后就會(huì)帶領(lǐng)一群工蜂離開這個(gè)蜂窩。這種現(xiàn)象就是“分蜂(分群)”。這群蜜蜂通常都會(huì)選擇一個(gè)距離原來的蜂窩不遠(yuǎn)的樹枝, 很快, 它們便會(huì)建造一個(gè)全新的蜂窩, 開始自己的生活。
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