(单词翻译:单击)
Each layer of cells has a specialized purpose.
每个蜂房都有特殊的作用 。
The uppermost cells store honey, followed by pollen-storage cells.
最上面的蜂房是储存蜂蜜的,下面一层是储存花粉的,
The bottom layers are designated for infant-rearing.
再下层是幼虫变成工蜂的孵化室,
Just beneath the pollen cells are brood cells where larvae become worker bees, and off to the side are cells housing drone bee larvae.
最下层是育婴室,两侧居住的是雄蜂幼虫 。
Last, but certainly not least, special cells are set aside to shelter infant queen bees.
当然,特殊的蜂房是留给有着尊贵地位的蜂王的 。
A typical nest has about 100,000 cells with a total surface area of about twenty-seven square feet.
标准的蜂巢有100,000个蜂房,连上表层大概有27平方英尺 。
Most of the cells are used to store the more than forty pounds of honey required to feed a bee colony during the winter.
大多数蜂巢储存了40多英镑的蜂蜜足够整个蜜蜂家族度过整个冬天了 。
They may not win any awards, but bees are clearly some of nature's most accomplished architects.
虽然,蜜蜂从未因此获奖 。但是,它们无疑是大自然最杰出的建造师 。
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