時差N小時:蜂王漿(上) The Royal Jelly

According to legend, King Arthur gained the crownby pulling a sword from a rock.

根據(jù)傳說，亞瑟王當(dāng)年是從巖石里拔出一把劍從而得到了王位。

Queen honeybees have an equally enchanting way ofascending to the throne. Introducing… the RoyalJelly!

而蜂王也是通過類似的方式登上王位的。那就是蜂王漿。

This special jelly is made of water, proteins, fattyacids, organic acids, vitamins and minerals.

這是一種特別的粘稠漿狀物，由水分，蛋白質(zhì)，脂肪酸，有機(jī)酸，維生素和礦物質(zhì)組成。

These substances are mixed with bee milk, a liquid produced by young worker bees.

這些物質(zhì)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。When the reining queen begins to showsigns of old age, worker bees select her successors from among the developing queen beelarvae.

到了當(dāng)權(quán)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。

Although all baby bees are fed royal jelly at first, queen bee larvae receive extra helpings andcontinue to be fed the rich food longer than regular larvae.

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(guān)注，并且會一直有豐富的食物。

The jelly fed to developing queens is also packed with higher concentrations of sugar andvarious proteins.

蜂王吃的東西含有更多的糖類和各種維生素。