时差N小时 谁是大自然最伟大的建筑师?(下)

（单词翻译）

Each layer of cells has a specialized¹ purpose.

每个蜂房都有特殊的作用。

The uppermost cells store honey, followed by pollen²-storage cells.

最上面的蜂房是储存蜂蜜的，下面一层是储存花粉的，

The bottom layers are designated for infant-rearing.

再下层是幼虫变成工蜂的孵化室，

Just beneath the pollen cells are brood cells where larvae³ become worker bees, and off to the side are cells housing drone bee larvae.

最下层是育婴室，两侧居住的是雄蜂幼虫。

Last, but certainly not least, special cells are set aside to shelter infant queen bees.

当然，特殊的蜂房是留给有着尊贵地位的蜂王的。

A typical nest has about 100,000 cells with a total surface area of about twenty-seven square feet.

标准的蜂巢有100,000个蜂房，连上表层大概有27平方英尺。

Most of the cells are used to store the more than forty pounds of honey required to feed a bee colony during the winter.

大多数蜂巢储存了40多英镑的蜂蜜足够整个蜜蜂家族度过整个冬天了。

They may not win any awards, but bees are clearly some of nature's most accomplished⁴ architects.

虽然，蜜蜂从未因此获奖。但是，它们无疑是大自然最杰出的建造师。