making honey

Making Honey Narrated by Marcio Catalano Written by Rosalind Hayhoe

《酿造蜂蜜》 解说：马尔西奥·卡塔拉诺 作者：罗莎琳德·海霍

Bees have been making honey for millions of years. Honey is food for bees. They make honey in their homes, which are called hives.

蜜蜂酿造蜂蜜的历史已经有几百万年啦。 蜂蜜是蜜蜂的食物哦。 它们在自己叫做「蜂巢」的家里酿造蜂蜜。

A queen bee lives in a hive with some bees called drones. There are thousands of worker bees too. They look after the hive and make the honey.

蜂后和一些叫做雄蜂的蜜蜂住在蜂巢里。 蜂巢里还有成千上万只工蜂哦。 它们负责照看蜂巢，还要酿造蜂蜜。

The bees make a honeycomb to keep their honey in. It is made from beeswax. It has holes in it that are a hexagon shape. They are called cells.

蜜蜂会做出蜂窝来存放蜂蜜。 蜂窝是用蜂蜡做成的哦。 蜂窝上有好多六边形的小孔。 这些小孔叫做巢房。

Bees have two stomachs. One is for food and one is just for carrying nectar. Bees fly from flower to flower and suck out the sweet nectar from inside.

蜜蜂有两个胃，一个用来装食物，另一个专门用来装花蜜。 蜜蜂在花丛间飞来飞去，吸出花朵里甜甜的花蜜。

The bees fly back to the hive when their honey stomachs are full. They put the nectar into the honeycomb cells so it can turn into honey.

等装花蜜的胃满了，蜜蜂就会飞回蜂巢。 它们把花蜜放进巢房里，这样花蜜就能变成蜂蜜啦。