英語聽力文摘 神奇的蜂王漿

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神奇的蜂王漿

According to legend, King Arthur gained the crown by pulling a sword from a rock. Queen honeybees have an equally enchanting way of ascending to the throne. Introducing… the Royal Jelly!

This special jelly is made of water, proteins, fatty acids, organic acids, vitamins and minerals. These substances are mixed with bee milk, a liquid produced by young worker bees.

When the reining queen begins to show signs of old age, worker bees select her successors from among the developing queen bee larvae.

Although all baby bees are fed royal jelly at first, queen bee larvae receive extra helpings and continue to be fed the rich food longer than regular larvae. The jelly fed to developing queens is also packed with higher concentrations of sugar and various proteins.

The results are spectacular. Thanks to their super-nutritious diet, queen bees grow up to one and a half times larger than regular bees, live forty times longer than normal bees, and lay up to two thousand eggs per day.

Inevitably, entrepreneurs have attempted to capitalize on royal jelly by creating jelly-infused dietary supplements that supposedly make people stronger and more virile. But don’t go spreading royal jelly on your toast just yet.

Although it does the trick for bees, there’s no solid proof that the stuff will make you king or queen for even a day.

據(jù)說，亞瑟王當年從巖石里拔出一把劍就得到了王位。蜂王也是通過類似的方式登上王位的。那就是蜂王漿。

這是一種特別的粘稠漿狀物，由水分，蛋白質，脂肪酸，有機酸，維生素和礦物質組成。這些物質與王漿混合在一起，王漿是一種由年輕的工蜂產(chǎn)生的液體。

到了當權蜂王開始衰老的時候，工蜂們就會從蜂王幼蟲中挑選出繼任者。

雖然剛開始所有的蜜蜂寶寶都是吃的蜂王漿，但比起普通的幼蟲，蜂王幼蟲會得到額外的關注，并且會一直有豐富的食物。蜂王吃的東西含有更多的糖類和各種維生素。

結果非常驚人。由于超有營養(yǎng)的飲食，蜂王長大后的身體比工蜂長1/3，壽命是工蜂的40倍，每天產(chǎn)卵2000個左右。

必然地，企業(yè)家們試圖利用蜂王漿牟利。他們大量制作注入漿狀物的營養(yǎng)保健品，大概能使人的身體更強壯和更有男子氣概。但別馬上把蜂王漿涂到烤面包上。

盡管它對蜜蜂管用，但并沒有確鑿的證據(jù)證明它能夠讓你成為哪怕一天的國王或女王。