How many insects can you count in one hour? That was the question being asked by a group of environmentalists outside of Berlin’s Natural History Museum recently.[qh]

你能在一小时内数多少只昆虫？这是最近在柏林自然历史博物馆外的一群环保主义者提出的问题。[qh]

The Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union, or NABU, is asking regular people to help count the insects they see in any 10-meter area available to them. NABU organizes “insect summer. ” It is now in its seventh year.[qh]

自然与生物多样性保护联盟（NABU）正在邀请普通人帮助统计他们在任何10米范围内看到的昆虫数量。NABU组织了“昆虫之夏”。现在已经是第七个年头了。[qh]

The effort is a way to follow the movements of insects such as aphids, ladybugs and bees.[qh]

这项工作是跟踪蚜虫、瓢虫和蜜蜂等昆虫活动的一种方式。[qh]

Laura Breitkreuz is an expert on insects and biodiversity at NABU.[qh]

劳拉·布赖特克鲁兹是德国自然保护联盟（NABU）的昆虫和生物多样性专家。[qh]

She said the project helps scientists observe the effects of climate change.[qh]

她说这个项目帮助科学家观察气候变化的影响。[qh]

“We have seen that a few insects that normally occur only in the south might be spreading further north,” she said, noting the appearance of the violet carpenter bee in Germany.[qh]

她表示：“我们已经看到，一些通常只出现在南方的昆虫可能正在向北方蔓延。” 并指出紫木蜂在德国的出现。[qh]

The citizen science project aims to give researchers information. It is not like precise scientific observations.[qh]

公民科学项目旨在向研究人员提供信息。这不像精确的科学观察。[qh]

However, the discoveries of regular people can give formal researchers unexpected insights.[qh]

然而，普通人的发现能够给正式的研究人员带来意想不到的见解。[qh]

From bees to butterflies, scientists consider insects an important part of the ecosystem.[qh]

从蜜蜂到蝴蝶，科学家认为昆虫是生态系统的重要组成部分。[qh]

They are important to pollination, the food chain and keeping soil productive.[qh]

它们对授粉、食物链和保持土壤生产力都很重要。[qh]

In recent years, for example, scientists have expressed concerns about what appears to be a decrease in the bee population worldwide.[qh]

近年来，例如，科学家们对全球蜜蜂数量似乎在减少表示担忧。[qh]

The drop in some kinds of insects is often blamed on human causes including chemicals and damage to the environment.[qh]

某些种类昆虫的减少，通常被归咎于人类的原因，包括化学品和对环境的破坏。[qh]

Breitkreuz said the insect count project helps the scientists, and it also helps people respect the role insects play in their daily lives.[qh]

布雷特克鲁兹表示，昆虫计数项目对科学家有帮助，它也有助于人们尊重昆虫在日常生活中所扮演的角色。[qh]

“It’s very important for us to show people how important, great and interesting insects are,” she said.[qh]

她说，“向人们展示昆虫有多么重要、伟大和有趣，这对我们来说非常重要。”[qh]

Breitkreuz said some people lack knowledge of “what is crawling around outside…” The first insect count is happening until June 9 and the next one is from August 2 to 11.[qh]

布雷特克鲁兹说，有些人缺乏对“外面爬来爬去的是什么……”的了解。第一次昆虫计数正在进行，截至6月9日，下一次是从8月2日到11日。[qh]

The NABU provides a document to fill out and an app for the citizen scientists to report their findings. [qh]

NABU提供了一份文件供填写，还有一个应用程序供公民科学家报告他们的发现。[qh]

I’m Dan Friedell.[qh]

我是丹·弗里德尔。[qh]