The Beekeeper

The Beekeeper, an interview with Russell Buzz Ryapel. Conducted by Kathy Lester.

《养蜂人：对拉塞尔·“巴兹”·赖亚佩尔的访谈》 凯西·莱斯特 主持

The work of a beekeeper. Interviewer, did you get the name Buzz because you keep bees? Buzz, no, my parents started calling me Buzz before I was born.

养蜂人的工作 记者：你叫巴兹，是因为你养蜂吗？ 巴兹：不是哦，我还没出生的时候爸妈就这么叫我了。

interviewer how much work is involved in beekeeping buzz there's a lot of work and it has to be done at the correct time a one or two week delay can affect your honey crop drastically you have to make sure the queen is laying eggs you have to look at your bees every two to three weeks to make sure everything is all right removing the honey is a lot of heavy I have to lift the honeycomb out of the hives and put it on the truck, then I carry it into the honey house where I extract the honey.

记者：养蜂要做多少工作呀？巴兹：要做的工作可多了，而且都得在合适的时间做 耽误一两周就会大幅影响蜂蜜产量，你得确认蜂后在产卵，每两三周就要检查蜂群确保一切正常。取蜂蜜是重体力活，我得把蜂巢从蜂箱里抬出来装上卡车，再搬进榨蜜房取出蜂蜜。

interviewer what kind of equipment do you need buzz i wear a bee suit to keep my clothes clean i also wear a veil over my head to protect my eyes and head from stings i use a smoker to calm the bees that's a small can with a bellows on it i build a little fire in there and put the lid on when you blow smoke on bees they think it's a forest fire they fill their stomachs with honey in case they have to leave their tree That's why smoke seems to calm them, because it keeps them busy.

记者：巴兹，你养蜂需要什么装备呀 我会穿养蜂服保持衣服干净，头上还戴面罩，保护眼睛和头部不被蛰。我用喷烟器让蜜蜂安静下来，那是一个带风箱的小罐子，我在里面生一小堆火再盖上盖子。往蜜蜂身上喷烟的时候，它们会以为发生了森林火灾，就赶紧把蜂蜜装满肚子，以防要被迫离开蜂巢 这就是为什么烟能让蜜蜂安静下来，因为它们都忙着吃东西呀。

interviewer how often do you get stung buzz i get stung a couple thousand times a year because i don't wear gloves gloves are bulky and hard to keep clean so they can spread disease i don't swell up from stings anymore but they still hurt i work the bees on nice sunny days around two o 'clock in the afternoon when all the flowers are producing nectar when half the bees are out collecting I only have to deal with the other half.

记者：你多久被蛰一次呀？巴兹：我一年要被蛰几千次呢，因为我不戴手套。手套又笨又重，还很难清洁，会传播疾病。我现在被蛰也不会肿了，但还是会疼。我一般在晴朗的下午两点左右查看蜂群，这时候所有花都在泌蜜，一半蜜蜂都外出采蜜了，我只需要对付剩下的一半就行。

Life in the Hive. Interviewer, tell me about the kinds of bees. Buzz, there are queens, drones, and workers. The queens and workers are female, and the drones are male. All the bees in the hive come from eggs laid by the queen. In the springtime, she lays 1 ,500 to 2 ,000 eggs a day. Drones are only useful for mating. They don't work at all. Every day, they congregate outside the hive waiting for a queen to fly by. Then they race after her and mate with her.

蜂巢里的生活 记者：给我讲讲蜜蜂都分哪些种类吧 巴兹：有蜂后、雄蜂和工蜂 蜂后和工蜂是雌性，雄蜂是雄性 蜂巢里所有的蜜蜂，都是从蜂后产的卵里孵化来的 春天的时候，蜂后一天能产1500到2000枚卵 雄蜂唯一的作用就是和蜂后交配 它们什么活儿都不干 它们每天都聚集在蜂巢外面，等着处蜂后飞过 然后就追着蜂后跑，和它交配。