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The community is so harmonious that it's hard to believe that this place
这个社群非常和谐 很难相信这个地方
is also the setting for mass murder.
也会发生集体屠杀事件
Tempers do flare
一只掘穴蜂昏了头 钻进另一只蜂的洞穴
when a bee gets confused and goes down another's burrow.
确实闹得不可开交
But these are minor disagreements.
但这不过是闹闹意见
The colony is peaceful at the moment
蜂群现在很平静
because every bee here is a female.
因为这里全是雌蜂
It's the males that are the killers and they are all dead.
嗜杀的是雄蜂 现在全都死光了
Their story began two monthsearlier, before theappearance of the females.
它们的故事要从两个月前说起 那时雌蜂还没露脸
Male Dawson's bees.
这是雄的道森氏掘穴蜂
The females are only just emerging,
雌蜂才刚冒出来
burrowing their way, one by one,
一只只钻出它们孵化
out of the tunnels where they hatched and grew up and their scent enflames the males.
和成长的地道 身上的气味让雄蜂欲火夔身
They arehuge and built for fighting.
雄蜂身材壮硕，骁勇善战
And each one wants to be in the best position to mate with a female.
每只都想占据 最有利的地位和雌蜂交配
