拯救和庆祝蜜蜂(Saving and celebrating honey bees)

今天，我们庆祝世界蜜蜂日，表彰谦逊的蜜蜂在为我们的作物授粉和与我们分享蜂蜜的好处方面所起的作用。值得注意的是，全世界有20000种不同的蜜蜂，但只有8种蜜蜂。意识到它们的存在是多么脆弱，这是一件令人清醒的事情。在过去15年中，数十亿只蜜蜂在所谓的蜂群崩溃失调中消失了。虽然科学家认为杀虫剂、栖息地丧失、气候变化、螨虫侵扰和疾病是造成这种死亡的原因，但目前还没有确切的解释。现在我们需要重新引入蜜蜂和其他传粉者来保护我们的食物系统。
原文：
Today we’re celebrating World Honey Bee Day, honouring the humble bee’s role in pollinating our crops and sharing honey goodness with us. It’s remarkable to consider that there are 20,000 different species of bees around the world, but just eight species of honey bee. And it’s sobering to realise how fragile their existence is. Billions of honey bees have disappeared over the last 15 years in what’s known as colony collapse disorder. There’s no definitive explanation for the die-off, though scientists believe pesticides, loss of habitat, climate change, mite infestation, and disease are contributing factors. Now we need to reintroduce bees and other pollinators to safeguard our food system.
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