As he knows, one in every three bites of food we eat is somehow pollinated by honeybees.

他也知道，我们所食用的东西，每三口就有一口在某种程度上是得到蜜蜂授粉的。

Fortunately, many of our staple grains are pollinated by the wind.

幸运的是，我们的许多主食谷物都是靠风授粉的。

And the bees and the beehive fences are also pollinating the fields.

这些蜜蜂和蜂巢围栏也同时在给土地传授花粉。

After a peanut flower is pollinated, the flower wilts and curves down.

花生花授粉后，花会枯萎并弯曲。

In nature the flowers are pollinated by tiny fly like creatures called midges.

在自然界中，花朵是由一种叫做蠓的类似苍蝇的微小生物授粉的。

Today, here on Principe Island, we see there are many places where bees are pollinating.

今天，在普林西比岛上，我们看到很多地方都有蜜蜂在授粉。

A large number of the crops we eat and rely on are pollinated by insects.

人类赖以为食的大量庄稼都是由昆虫授粉的。

But it's not just chocolate that's pollinated by midges.

不只是这些巧克力是由蠓授粉的。

What is a characteristic feature of flowers pollinated by geckos?

壁虎授粉的花有什么特点？

More than 100 cultivated crops are pollinated by a diverse range of flies.

超过一百种农作物是由各种小飞虫授粉的。

Only the male orchid bees pollinate the orchids.

只有雄峰才对这种兰花授粉。

But what exactly is going on when bees pollinate a plant?

但蜜蜂给植物授粉的时候到底发生了什么呢？

The colonies are used to pollinate the nation's agriculture.

这些蜂群被用来为该州的农业授粉。

Other plants that bees pollinate might survive with other pollinators.

蜜蜂授粉的其他植物可能会和其他授粉媒介一起存活下来。

Bees pollinate, and without pollination we cannot produce food. It's as simple as that.

蜜蜂还可以授粉，而如果没有授粉，我们就无法生产粮食。道理就是这么简单。

Maybe the compounds are deterrent to nectar robbers, who take nectar without pollinating.

也许这种化合物能够对那些不授粉就抢夺的采蜜大盗起到威慑作用。

Better yet, the bees also pollinate plants, and even produce honey.

更好的是，蜜蜂还可以给植物授粉，甚至产生蜂蜜。

So the females pollinate a completely different species.

雌蜂授粉的植物完全是另一物种。

Today, about a third of all the food Americans eat come from plants pollinated by European honeybees.

今天，美国人吃的食物中约有三分之一来自欧洲蜜蜂授粉的植物。

Also, a flower can only be pollinated if insects actively approach it and do what they need to do.

此外，只有昆虫主动接近花朵并完成它们的工作，花朵才能授粉。