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Squeaks and I love spring!
我和吱吱喜欢春天!
The flowers are blooming, the birds are coming back and it’s warm enough to eat lunch outside!
花儿开了，鸟儿也回来了，天气暖和了，可以到外面吃午饭了!
And I made some peanut butter and honey sandwiches so we can have a picnic!
我还做了花生酱和蜂蜜三明治，这样我们就可以野餐了!
Thanks, Squeaks!
谢谢,吱吱!
I think I did a pretty good job, too.
我觉得我也做得很好。
But I can’t take all the credit.
但功劳不全在我。
Everything in these sandwiches came from plants!
这些三明治里的东西都是植物做的!
The peanut butter came from peanuts, and the bread came from wheat.
花生酱是花生做的，面包是小麦做的。
People take parts of those plants and turn them into new, yummy foods.
人们把这些植物的一部分变成全新的美味食物。
Oh!
哦!
Great question, Squeaks!
很好的问题, 吱吱!
What about the honey?
蜂蜜呢?
Honey came from plants, too!
蜂蜜也来自植物!
It actually started out inside of a flower!
蜂蜜实际上是从一朵花里开始的!
But unlike the bread and the peanut butter, it wasn’t people who turned those flowers into sweet, gooey honey.
但与面包和花生酱不同的是，并不是人把这些花变成了甜蜜、粘稠的蜂蜜。
Can you guess who it was?
你能猜出是谁把它变成这样的吗?
You’re right! Bees!
对! 是蜜蜂!
Bees visit flowers all the time.
蜜蜂一直都在花间飞来飞去。
And they're the ones who make honey!
它们是做蜂蜜的动物!
That honey used to be a sugary liquid called nectar.
这种蜂蜜曾经是一种叫做花蜜的含糖液体。
And then some bees turned that nectar into honey, to use as food!
然后一些蜜蜂把花蜜变成蜂蜜，用作食物!
The bees also collect a sticky dust called pollen from the flowers.
蜜蜂还从花中收集一种粘性的花粉。
But the nectar is what they use to make honey.
但是花蜜是它们用来制造蜂蜜的。
How do they do it?
他们是怎么做到的?
Well, lots of bees work together to turn that nectar into honey!
很多蜜蜂一起工作，把花蜜变成蜂蜜!
Here’s how it works.
它是这样工作的。
A bee visits a flower, and uses its long tongue to reach inside and slurp up nectar.
蜜蜂飞到一朵花中，用它长长的舌头伸进花里，吮吸花蜜。
But it needs somewhere to hold the nectar: in its honey stomach.
但蜜蜂需要一个地方来储存花蜜: 在蜂蜜胃里。
That’s right!
对!
Bees have two stomachs: one for the bee, and one for nectar to take it back to the rest of the hive.
蜜蜂有两个胃:一个用来消化，另一个用来装花蜜，把花蜜带回蜂巢的其他地方。
While the nectar is in there, the honey stomach starts to turn the nectar into honey.
当花蜜在蜜蜂的胃里面的时候，这个装蜂蜜的胃开始把花蜜变成蜂蜜。
Our little fuzzy friend the bee keeps busy, flying from flower to flower and filling up its honey stomach with nectar.
毛茸茸的小朋友--蜜蜂一直很忙，从一朵花飞到另一朵花，用花蜜填满它的胃。
While it’s flying from flower to flower, the bee is also helping those flowers with pollination.
当蜜蜂从一朵花飞到另一朵花时，它也在帮助那些花授粉。
Plants need to make more of themselves to survive.
植物需要制造更多的自己才能生存。
And both bees and flowers help many kinds of plants to do that.
蜜蜂和花朵都帮助许多植物做到这一点。
You see, the job of the flowers is to make seeds that will grow into new plants.
你看，花的作用就是产生种子，种子长成新的植物。
But the flowers get a little help from helpers like bees.
但是花得到了蜜蜂等帮手的帮助。
Remember the pollen we mentioned?
还记得我们提到的花粉吗?
Flowers need that pollen to move from to another flower from the same kind of plant, so that that flower can make a seed.
花儿的花粉需要移动到同种植物的花朵上，这样那朵花才能产生种子。
That’s where bees come in!
蜜蜂就是从这里产生的!
When a bee lands on a flower, it’s slurping up delicious nectar, but at the same time, some of that dusty pollen gets stuck to the bee!
当一只蜜蜂落在一朵花上时，它正在吮吸美味的花蜜，但与此同时，一些尘土飞扬的花粉会粘在蜜蜂身上!
And then when it visits the next flower, the bee brings the pollen with it.
然后当它到达下一朵花时，蜜蜂携带着花粉一起来。
That pollen helps the next flower make a seed, to help that plant create more of itself!
花粉帮助下一朵花产生种子，帮助植物创造更多的自己!
It’s lucky for bees that they can get yummy nectar from flowers.
蜜蜂很幸运，它们能从花中得到美味的花蜜。
And it’s lucky for flowers that the bees who visit them to collect nectar are also spreading their pollen to other flowers.
花朵很幸运，前来采集花蜜的蜜蜂同时也在向其他花朵传播花粉。
Exactly, Squeaks.
没错,吱吱。
Bees, and flowering plants, all need each other to survive.
蜜蜂和开花植物都需要彼此才能生存。
They work together!
他们一起工作!
But even though the bees have pollinated some flowers and collected lots of nectar, they’re not done making honey yet.
但是，尽管蜜蜂已经为一些花朵授粉并采集了大量的花蜜，但它们还没有完成蜂蜜的制作。
Once the bee’s honey stomach is full of nectar, it goes back to the hive.
一旦蜜蜂的蜂蜜胃充满了花蜜，它就会回到蜂巢。
Hang on to your lunch, Squeaks, because this is where it gets gross!
抓紧吃你的午餐，吱吱，因为这里会令人不适!
The nectar the bee has collected is very watery.
蜜蜂采到的花蜜很稀。
To turn it into honey, a bee will barf the nectar out of its honey stomach, into the mouth of another bee!
为了把花蜜变成蜂蜜，一只蜜蜂会把花蜜从它的蜜胃里吐出来，然后放到另一只蜜蜂的嘴里!
I know! But they’re not done.
我知道! 但他们还没有完成。
Then that bee will barf it into the mouth of another bee and each bee’s stomach will make the nectar a little less watery, and a little more thick and sticky.
然后这只蜜蜂会把花蜜吐到另一只蜜蜂的嘴里，每只蜜蜂的胃就会使花蜜的水分少一些，变得更厚更粘。
The bees’ honey stomachs also help change the nectar into honey.
蜜蜂的蜜胃也有助于将花蜜变成蜂蜜。
Then, after all that barfing, the bees put the honey away in a container called a honeycomb.
然后，在所有这些呕吐完成之后，蜜蜂把蜂蜜放在一个叫做蜂巢的容器里。
I know, Squeaks.
我知道,吱吱。
But it’s not just being in a bee’s stomach and being barfed up that turns the nectar into honey.
但不仅仅需要从蜜蜂的胃里吐出来花蜜才会变成蜂蜜。
To make the honey even thicker and less watery, the bees will use their wings to fan the honey.
为了使蜂蜜更粘稠、水分更少，蜜蜂会用翅膀扇蜂蜜。
Yes! Just like a fan you might have at home.
是的! 就像你家里的风扇一样。
The bees are fanning the honey to dry out some of the water.
蜜蜂正在扇蜂蜜，让水分变干。
That’s what makes it more like sticky honey than watery nectar.
这就是为什么它更像粘稠的蜂蜜而不是稀薄的花蜜。
Finally, the bees seal the honeycomb cell shut with special wax.
最后，蜜蜂用特殊的蜡封住蜂巢。
Keeping the honey sealed means the honey stays safe for the bees to eat for a super long time.
将蜂蜜密封意味着蜂蜜可以安全的供蜜蜂长时间食用。
And for people, too!
对人也一样!
You’re right, Squeaks.
对,吱吱。
It is a little funny that we take honey away from the bees, after they’ve worked so hard to make it.
在蜜蜂辛苦劳作后，我们却从它们那里拿走蜂蜜，这有点可笑。
Even just a teaspoonful of honey took the work of about ten bees to create.
即使只是一茶匙蜂蜜，也需要大约十只蜜蜂的工作来创造。
The truth is, humans really need bees!
事实是，人类真的需要蜜蜂!
We need them on our farms to pollinate the plants that make foods, like apples and blueberries.
我们的农场需要蜜蜂来为生产食物的植物授粉，比如苹果和蓝莓。
There are even humans who have a special job to take care of bees, so that there will be lots of them around to help us grow food.
甚至还有人有一份照顾蜜蜂的特殊工作，这样就会有很多蜜蜂帮助我们种植食物。
People who take care of bees are called beekeepers!
照顾蜜蜂的人被称为养蜂人!
I agree, it would be really fun to be a beekeeper!
我同意，当一名养蜂人真的很有趣!
I bet they have lots of delicious honey all the time!
我打赌他们总是有很多美味的蜂蜜!
And you out there can provide flowers so bees can make honey, too.
你可以提供鲜花，这样蜜蜂也可以酿蜜。
That helps bees out where you live!
这有助于蜜蜂找到你住的地方!
That gives me an idea!
这给了我一个想法!
Squeaks, let’s look up bee-friendly flowers to plant in the Fort’s garden!
吱吱，让我们找找对蜜蜂友好的花，把它们种在沃斯堡的花园里吧!
Thanks for joining me and Squeaks today.
谢谢你今天观看我和吱吱的视频。
Can you think of any other special relationships in nature, like between bees and flowers?
你还能想到自然界中像蜜蜂和花朵这样的特殊关系吗？
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如果你想和我们以及我们所有的朋友一起玩得开心，一定要点击订阅按钮，我们下次在沃斯堡见。
