Busy As a

Busy As a… Have you ever noticed a little creature called the bee?What an amazing insect. Bees have little feet and big round eyes. They are yellow and black. You see them buzzing around sweet-smelling flowers everywhere. Scientists say that bees are really important. If we did not have bees, there would be no food on earth. Bees have a short life. They live only about a month, but in that time they fly up to 14 kilometres from their nest, searching for food.

忙得像… 你有没有注意到一种叫蜜蜂的生物?多么神奇的昆虫。蜜蜂有小脚和大而圆的眼睛。 它们是黄色和黑色的。你可以看到它们在到处散发着香味的花朵周围嗡嗡作响。科学家说蜜蜂真的很重要。 如果我们没有蜜蜂，地球上就没有食物。蜜蜂的寿命很短。它们只活一个月左右，但在这段时间里，它们会飞到离巢14公里的地方寻找食物。

What are they looking for?Worker bees are looking for sweet nectar, which they find on flowers. Then they bring it back to the nest for the queen bee. The queen bee lays about 1, 500 eggs each day. During her three or four year lifetime, one beehive can have 40, 000 to 60, 000 bees! Have you ever been chased by an angry bee?Well, just remember: a bee can fly about 25 kilometres an hour. Most likely, you will never be able to outrun a bee! So don't be afraid of bees. Just let them do their work. They never stop working. That's why people say“ busy as a bee” .

他们在找什么?工蜂在寻找香甜的花蜜，他们在花上寻找。然后他们把它带回蜂巢给蜂后。 蜂王每天大约产一千五百个卵。在她三到四年的生命中，一个蜂巢可以有4万到6万只蜜蜂! 你曾经被愤怒的蜜蜂追赶过吗?好吧，记住:一只蜜蜂每小时可以飞25公里。很可能，你永远都跑不过一只蜜蜂! 所以不要害怕蜜蜂。让他们做他们的工作。他们从不停止工作。这就是为什么人们说“像蜜蜂一样忙碌”。