蜜蜂与人类的命运休戚相关
<p><span word="VANCOUVER">VANCOUVER</span>, <span word="British">British</span> <span word="Columbia">Columbia</span> — <span word="AROUND">AROUND</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="world">world</span>, <span word="honeybee">honeybee</span> <span word="colonies">colonies</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="dying">dying</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="huge">huge</span> <span word="numbers">numbers</span>: <span word="About">About</span> <span word="one">one</span>-<span word="third">third</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="hives">hives</span> <span word="collapse">collapse</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="year">year</span>, <span word="a">a</span> <span word="pattern">pattern</span> <span word="going">going</span> <span word="back">back</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="decade">decade</span>. <span word="For">For</span> <span word="bees">bees</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="plants">plants</span> <span word="they">they</span> <span word="pollinate">pollinate</span> — <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="beekeepers">beekeepers</span>, <span word="farmers">farmers</span>, <span word="honey">honey</span> <span word="lovers">lovers</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="everyone">everyone</span> <span word="else">else</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="appreciates">appreciates</span> <span word="this">this</span> <span word="marvelous">marvelous</span> <span word="social">social</span> <span word="insect">insect</span> — <span word="this">this</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="catastrophe">catastrophe</span>.</p><p>加拿大温哥华——目前，世界各地的蜂群都在大批死亡：每年都有大约三分之一的蜂巢坍塌，这种现象已持续了10年之久。对于蜜蜂及通过它们授粉的植物——还有养蜂人、农民、喜爱蜂蜜的人，以及所有欣赏这种神奇的群居昆虫的人而言——这都是个灾难。</p><p><span word="But">But</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="midst">midst</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="crisis">crisis</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="come">come</span> <span word="learning">learning</span>. <span word="Honeybee">Honeybee</span> <span word="collapse">collapse</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="much">much</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="teach">teach</span> <span word="us">us</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="how">how</span> <span word="humans">humans</span> <span word="can">can</span> <span word="avoid">avoid</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="similar">similar</span> <span word="fate">fate</span>, <span word="brought">brought</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="increasingly">increasingly</span> <span word="severe">severe</span> <span word="environmental">environmental</span> <span word="perturbations">perturbations</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="challenge">challenge</span> <span word="modern">modern</span> <span word="society">society</span>.</p><p>但是，这种危机之中也隐藏着一些学问。蜂巢的坍塌可以提供许多信息，告诉我们当愈加严重的环境问题对现代社会构成挑战之时，人们如何才能避免相似的命运。</p><p><span word="Honeybee">Honeybee</span> <span word="collapse">collapse</span> <span word="has">has</span> <span word="been">been</span> <span word="particularly">particularly</span> <span word="vexing">vexing</span> <span word="because">because</span> <span word="there">there</span> <span word="is">is</span> <span word="no">no</span> <span word="one">one</span> <span word="cause">cause</span>, <span word="but">but</span> <span word="rather">rather</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="thousand">thousand</span> <span word="little">little</span> <span word="cuts">cuts</span>. <span word="The">The</span> <span word="main">main</span> <span word="elements">elements</span> <span word="include">include</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="compounding">compounding</span> <span word="impact">impact</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="pesticides">pesticides</span> <span word="applied">applied</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="fields">fields</span>, <span word="as">as</span> <span word="well">well</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="pesticides">pesticides</span> <span word="applied">applied</span> <span word="directly">directly</span> <span word="into">into</span> <span word="hives">hives</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="control">control</span> <span word="mites">mites</span>; <span word="fungal">fungal</span>, <span word="bacterial">bacterial</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="viral">viral</span> <span word="pests">pests</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="diseases">diseases</span>; <span word="nutritional">nutritional</span> <span word="deficiencies">deficiencies</span> <span word="caused">caused</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="vast">vast</span> <span word="acreages">acreages</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="single">single</span>-<span word="crop">crop</span> <span word="fields">fields</span> <span word="that">that</span> <span word="lack">lack</span> <span word="diverse">diverse</span> <span word="flowering">flowering</span> <span word="plants">plants</span>; <span word="and">and</span>, <span word="in">in</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="United">United</span> <span word="States">States</span>, <span word="commercial">commercial</span> <span word="beekeeping">beekeeping</span> <span word="itself">itself</span>, <span word="which">which</span> <span word="disrupts">disrupts</span> <span word="colonies">colonies</span> <span word="by">by</span> <span word="moving">moving</span> <span word="most">most</span> <span word="bees">bees</span> <span word="around">around</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="country">country</span> <span word="multiple">multiple</span> <span word="times">times</span> <span word="each">each</span> <span word="year">year</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="pollinate">pollinate</span> <span word="crops">crops</span>.</p>
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