Most people go to flower gardens to relax, but bees go there to work. Bees need flowers. Flowers make a sweet liquid that bees collect and bring back to their hives, where they used it to make hone it. When there are a lot of baby bees in the hive, bees also need to collect pollen in order to feed them. They collect the pollen on tiny, thick hairs on their legs.
Bees are very important in flower gardens. Flowers need bees as much as bees need flowers. In order to make new flowers, flowers have to spread their pollen to other flowers. When a bee goes from one flower to another, it leaves a little bit of the pollen on its legs on each flower. (Kayleen Hartman, staff wirter)
大部份的人會到花園去放鬆心情，但蜜蜂去那兒是為了工作。蜜蜂需要花朵。花朵會分泌甜甜的汁液，蜜蜂採集後帶回蜂窩，蜂兒們就在蜂窩裡製造蜂蜜。蜂窩裡有許多小蜜蜂時，蜜蜂也需要採集花粉來餵食牠們。蜜蜂利用腳上的小粗毛來採集花粉。
蜜蜂在花園裡相當重要。花朵需要蜂蜜，就像蜂蜜需要花朵一樣。為了長出新的花朵，花兒必須散播花粉到別的花朵。當蜜蜂從一朵花飛到另一朵花上時，牠們的腳就會在花朵留下一點點花粉。 （翻譯：鄭湘儀）
複習測驗
1. Why do bees go to flower gardens?
a. To eat.
b. To relax.
c. To work.
d. To play.
2. Why do flowers need bees?
a. Flowers need bees' pollen.
b. Bees help flowers spread their pollen.
c. Flowers need bees in order to make honey.
d. Bees bring flowers their honey.
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