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Honey bees are social insects that live in colonies.
蜂群里生活的蜜蜂是群居昆蟲(chóng)货岭。
A bee colony consists of a queen bee, male drones and thousands of female worker bees.
蜂群由一只蜂王箕速、雄性雄蜂和數(shù)千只雌性工蜂組成琅绅。
Each colony also contains eggs and immature bees in various stages of development.
每個(gè)群體還包含處于不同發(fā)育階段的卵和未成熟的蜜蜂。
The number of bees within a colony depends on seasonal changes.
蜂群內(nèi)蜜蜂的數(shù)量取決于季節(jié)變化稿静。
A colony's population increases during the warm seasons and decreases during colder seasons.
蜂群里蜜蜂的數(shù)量在溫暖的季節(jié)增加，在寒冷的季節(jié)減少。
In recent years, many bee colonies have collapsed or disappeared.
近年來(lái)迎献，許多蜂群已經(jīng)崩潰或消失。
A bee colony collapse occurs when a majority of the bees in a colony disappear and leave behind the queen.
當(dāng)蜂群中的大多數(shù)蜜蜂消失并留下蜂王時(shí)腻贰，就會(huì)發(fā)生蜂群崩潰吁恍。
Some beekeepers have reported losing 30 to 90 percent of their colonies.
一些養(yǎng)蜂人報(bào)告說(shuō)蜂群里失去了 30% 到 90% 的蜜蜂。
This loss of bee colonies can cause significant problems for farmers who depend on them to pollinate their crops.
蜂群的喪失會(huì)給依賴蜂群授粉的農(nóng)民帶來(lái)嚴(yán)重的問(wèn)題播演。
In some parts of the world冀瓦，a shortage of bees has increased the cost of renting bees by up to 20%.
在世界某些地區(qū)，蜜蜂短缺使租用蜜蜂的成本增加了 20%写烤。
There are several possible causes for bee colony collapse.
蜂群崩潰有幾種可能的原因翼闽。
One possible cause is the use of new pesticides.
一種可能的原因是使用了新的殺蟲(chóng)劑。
Other possible causes include infections from viruses, genetic factors, and malnutrition.
其他可能的原因包括病毒感染洲炊、遺傳因素和營(yíng)養(yǎng)不良感局。
Changing weather patterns may also play a role as summers get hotter and winters get colder.
隨著夏季變熱和冬季變冷，不斷變化的天氣模式也可能發(fā)揮作用选浑。
These changes in weather may weaken the bees, making it more difficult for them to fight infections.
天氣的這些變化可能會(huì)削弱蜜蜂的力量蓝厌，使它們更難抵抗感染。
Whatever the cause of colony collapse古徒，it's important to understand that many parts of our world are interdependent.
無(wú)論殖民地崩潰的原因是什么拓提，重要的是要了解我們世界的許多地方都是相互依存的。
Changes that affect one species may have serious effects on other species.
影響一個(gè)物種的變化可能會(huì)對(duì)其他物種產(chǎn)生嚴(yán)重影響隧膘。
A change to our environment can start a chain of events that is difficult to predict.
我們環(huán)境的改變可能會(huì)引發(fā)一系列難以預(yù)測(cè)的事件代态。
In any complex system such as the Earth's environment, small changes can have unforeseen consequences.
在地球環(huán)境等任何復(fù)雜系統(tǒng)中，微小的變化都會(huì)產(chǎn)生不可預(yù)見(jiàn)的后果疹吃。
The danger of unforeseen consequences is something we all need to understand better.
我們都需要更好地理解不可預(yù)見(jiàn)后果的危險(xiǎn)蹦疑。
(The earth's environment is an extremely complex system.)
地球環(huán)境是一個(gè)極其復(fù)雜的系統(tǒng)。
（In addition to making honey, honeybees help many plants reproduce.)
除了制造蜂蜜萨驶，蜜蜂還幫助許多植物繁殖歉摧。
