Chapter 5

Chapter 5 FLIGHT OF THE HONEYBEE. FRIGHT OF THE STUDENTS. A CHANCE TO JOIN THE DANCE! The next day in science class, Po was still feeling guilty. He had known the trident wasn't a toy. And he really, really should have realized that leaving it in the middle of a forest was a bad idea. "You didn't do it on purpose," Morgan said. "Don't be so hard on yourself." "And that goes double for me," said Jodi. "Right?" "You should have known better," said Morgan. "I mean, a mutant sheep beast? Even if that was possible, why would you want to see it?" "A sheep beast would have been able to protect itself from wolves. It might have protected other sheep,

第五章蜜蜂的飞行。 害怕学生。参加舞会的机会！第二天在科学课上，阿宝仍然感到内疚。 他早就知道三叉戟不是玩具。 他真的，真的应该意识到把它留在森林中央是个坏主意。 “你不是故意的，”摩根说。 “别对自己太苛刻了。” “对我来说更是如此，”乔迪说。 “对吧?”“你早该知道的，”摩根说。 “我是说，一只变异的羊兽？” 即使这是可能的，你为什么想看呢？”“一只羊兽可以保护自己不受狼的伤害。 它可能保护了其他羊，

too," said Jodi. Morgan raised an eyebrow. "Well, it seemed like a good idea at the time!" "It really did," said Po. "Your sister can be very convincing." Class hadn't started yet, and Po was just pulling out his textbook when Harper slumped into a nearby seat. "Everything okay?" asked Morgan. "I was up late reading about bees," answered Harper. "I wanted to get a head start on today's lesson." Po nodded sagely. "Yeah, doing extra homework would bum me out, too." "No, you don't understand," said Harper. "I ended up reading about something called colony collapse disorder. It's when an entire colony of bees just…dies.

乔迪说。摩根扬起眉毛。 “嗯，当时这似乎是个好主意！”“真的，”阿宝说。 “你妹妹很有说服力。” 上课还没开始，阿宝刚拿出课本，哈珀就瘫坐在了旁边的座位上。 “一切都好吗？”摩根问。 “我熬夜读蜜蜂的书，”哈帕回答。 “我想在今天的课上有一个好的开始。” 阿宝睿智地点点头。“是啊，做额外的作业也会让我很烦。” “不，你不明白。”哈帕说。 “我最后读到了一种叫做蜂群衰竭失调的东西。 就是整个蜂群都死了。

Scientists don't totally understand why, but it's happening a lot." She dropped her head on the desk. "You know how I get when I start worrying about the environment." "Man," said Morgan. "Everyone has a lot of feelings today, huh?" "Bees," Doc said so suddenly and so forcefully that Po jolted to attention. "They are marvels of nature. Without them, we would have no fruits! No flowers! And…no honey!"

科学家们并不完全明白其中的原因，但这种情况经常发生。” 她把头垂在桌子上。 “当我开始担心环境问题时，你知道我是什么样子的。” “老兄，”摩根说。“今天每个人都有很多感情，是吧？”“蜜蜂。”博士说得那么突然，那么有力，把阿宝吓得立正了。 “它们是大自然的奇迹。 没有它们，我们就没有果实！没有花!和……没有蜂蜜!”

Po gasped. "But…but my mom puts honey in her peanut butter and honey sandwiches. It's a key ingredient!" "You have the humble honeybee to thank for your sandwiches, Po," said Doc. She thought about it for moment. "You should also thank your mother. Honestly, you're probably old enough to be making your own sandwiches." Po gasped again. Their classmate, Shelly Silver, raised her hand. "But why do bees make honey?" she asked. "They aren't just doing it to be nice, are they?" "No indeed," said Doc. "Bees make honey so that they'll have something to eat during the winter, when there are no flowers in bloom. Typically, a bee's diet consists of nectar. That's why you'll see them buzzing around flowers so often." Theo entered the classroom late, which was unusual for him. "I'm so sorry, Doc," he said. "I was with Ms. Minerva. She…uh, she wanted me to read this note to you." "Go ahead," said Doc. Theo cleared his throat, then read aloud from a sheet of paper. "Dear Doc, Please excuse Theo's

气喘吁吁地说。“但是……但是我妈妈在花生酱和蜂蜜三明治里放了蜂蜜。 它是一种关键成分！”“阿宝，你要感谢谦卑的蜜蜂为你做的三明治，”医生说。 她想了一会儿。 “你也应该感谢你的母亲。 老实说，你可能已经长大了，可以自己做三明治了。” 阿宝又喘了口气。他们的同学谢利·西尔弗举起了手。 “但是蜜蜂为什么要酿蜜呢？”她问。 “他们这么做不只是为了表示友好，对吧？”“确实没有，”医生说。 “蜜蜂酿蜜是为了在冬天没有鲜花盛开的时候有东西吃。 蜜蜂的食物通常是花蜜。 这就是为什么你会经常看到它们在花周围嗡嗡作响。” 西奥进教室晚了，这对他来说是不寻常的。 “我很抱歉，医生，”他说。 “我和密涅瓦女士在一起。她……呃，她想让我把这封信读给你听。” “说吧，”医生说。西奥清了清喉咙，然后大声读起一张纸。 “亲爱的医生，请原谅西奥

tardiness to science class. He is a member of our school's newest extracurricular club, the Woodsword Gardening and Landscaping Club. We have our work cut out for us ever since someone thought it would be a good idea to have a hundred students all trample the front yard. Sincerely, Ms. Minerva." Theo grinned bashfully. "And she drew a little smiley face. But it sort of looks like it's scowling…." "Thank you for your service to our school, Theo," said Doc. "Please have a seat, and I'll compose a reply for you to take back to Minerva. Honestly, if she'd just used my combination lawn mower, woodchipper, and hedge trimmer, the yard would be in fine shape by now. 'Too many blades,' she said." Theo slipped into his seat, obviously less than enthusiastic about running notes back and forth between the teachers. Po gave him a little pat on the back and a sympathetic smile. "The problem here is that Minerva is a bit of a queen bee…and so am I," said Doc. "A bee colony has only one queen—no more and no less." "What other sorts of bees are there?" asked Morgan. "King bees? Royal vizier bees?" "Court jester bees?" asked Po.

科学课迟到。 他是我们学校最新成立的课外社团——木剑园艺俱乐部的成员。 自从有人认为让一百个学生一起践踏前院是个好主意以来，我们的工作就一直在等着我们。 真诚的，密涅瓦女士。”西奥害羞地笑了。 她画了一个小笑脸。 但它看起来像是在皱眉....” “谢谢你对我们学校的贡献，西奥，”医生说。 “请坐，我要写一封回信给你带回密涅瓦。 老实说，如果她用了我的割草机、木片机和树篱修剪机的组合，院子现在应该很整洁了。 “刀片太多了，”她说。 西奥坐到座位上，显然对在老师之间来回传笔记不太感兴趣。 阿宝轻轻地拍了拍他的背，露出同情的微笑。 “问题是密涅瓦有点像蜂后……我也是，”博士说。 一个蜂群只有一个蜂王，不多也不少。 “还有什么其他种类的蜜蜂？”摩根问。 “金蜜蜂?皇家维齐尔蜜蜂？”“宫廷弄臣蜜蜂？”阿宝问。

Doc shook her head. "Aside from the queen, every adult bee in the colony is either a drone or a worker. The drones are male bees. They have no stinger, and they stay behind to tend to the queen. But the workers, ah! The workers are female bees, and they go out and explore the world." As if Doc had somehow summoned it, a bee flew in through the open window. The teacher smiled, obviously happy to have a visitor. "It's a bee!" cried Morgan. "Look out, here it comes!" yelled Po. Someone screamed, and then half the kids in class were on their feet, ducking and dodging to stay out of the bee's path. "Students, students!" said Doc. She held up her hands to signal for calm. "There's no reason to

医生摇了摇头。“除了蜂王，蜂群里的每只成年蜜蜂要么是雄蜂，要么是工蜂。 雄蜂是雄性蜜蜂。它们没有毒刺，它们留在蚁后照顾蚁后。 但是工人们，啊！工蜂是雌蜂，它们出去探索世界。” 好像是医生在召唤它，一只蜜蜂从开着的窗户飞了进来。 老师笑了，显然很高兴有人来访。 “是一只蜜蜂！”摩根叫道。 “小心，它来了！”阿宝喊道。 有人尖叫起来，然后班上一半的孩子都站了起来，躲闪躲避蜜蜂的路径。 “学生，学生！”医生说。 她举起双手示意大家冷静。 “没有理由这么做