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sting 刺すこと, ~を刺す
be fond of ~を好む
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(1)Have you ever experienceda bee sting? /If you (2)have, y0u
not be fond of bees/ Hewexer/they are very interesting ándhoneybee
SOciety is very similar to (aOurs./Let's look at some interesting factS
about it.
honeybee ミッバチ
be similar to
~に似ている
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beehive ハチの巣
colony コロニー
Honeybees live together in groups of 20,000-80,000 in a beehive,
This group is あ[ call ] a colonyand the bees in the hive can De
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typesy/ a single qúeen/ tens of thousands of
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categorized into three1
worker beegándhundreds of drones.
categorize
~を分類する
tens of thousands of
何万もの~
drone 雄バチ
lay eggs 卵を産む
lifespan 寿命
A queen bee's job is to lay eggs all her life./ Each day the queen bee
lays around 2,000 eggs,/The average lifespan of a queen is three to four
years,/Does the queen “rule" the colony?/No/Her duty is simply egg-
laying/ In fact/Ahe queen bee has a smaller brain than a worker bee.
The worker bees are the largest population in the hive./They are
all female bees bit can't lay eggs.
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rule ~を統治する
duty 職務,義務
4
./A worker bee's life is rather short,
female 雌の
rather かなり
They live around 40 days. /Their job is to keep the queen bee happy,
They do all the workbüt change jobs as they grow,
/ For about a week
as ~につれて
after, birth, they mainly clean the hive./Sometime between five to
sixteén days after birth fhey usually take care of the babies and help to
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build the hive,/when they become twelve to eighteen days old/they (dStst
carry food.After that, Ahey guard the hive entrance./When (5, they are
three weeks' old,fhey fly out the hive,pollinate plants and collect food/
If you're a drone bee, fife is hard. Nou're .[ bear ]/live for a month
or two,and then die.During that time/you're not a productive member
of the hive-you can't collect pollen or help to look after eggs/
guard 守る
pollinate 授粉する
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productive 生産的な
like pollen 花粉
worker bees-fand you can't even sting anyone. /Drone bees live with
one thing in mind:/mating with a queen/ When (othey re lucky, dhey
in mind 考えて
mate with ~と交尾する
(7) Can, bt they die soon after (8 that.
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Every bee in the hive has a part to play in the survival/ándsuccess
success 成功,繁栄
of their kind/ Bees have been living like this for ages,/ (9) They work
togetherand live in harmony,/
in harmony
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