Bees pollinate, and without pollination we cannot produce food. It's as simple as that.

蜜蜂还可以授粉，而如果没有授粉，我们就无法生产粮食。道理就是这么简单。

Other plants that bees pollinate might survive with other pollinators.

蜜蜂授粉其他植物可能会和其他授粉媒介一起存活下来。

Gymnosperms usually depend upon the wind for pollination.

裸子植物通常依靠风授粉。

The numbers of fly pollinators is down, as is the the number of visits by these fly pollinators.

授粉苍蝇数量下降，“到访”授粉苍蝇数量也出现下降。

She describes a flower field as a sort of pollination marketplace.

她将花田描述为一个授粉市场。

Flies in general are the second most important group of pollinating insects.

苍蝇一般是第二重要授粉昆虫。

After a peanut flower is pollinated, the flower wilts and curves down.

花生花授粉后，花会枯萎并弯曲。

The colonies are used to pollinate the nation's agriculture.

这些蜂群被用来为该州农业授粉。

That's an important early part of the pollination process.

这是授粉早期一个重要部分。

See, pollination is one of the most important, biological processes on our planet.

授粉是地球上最重要生物过程之一。

Only the male orchid bees pollinate the orchids.

只有雄峰才对这种兰花授粉。

It gives those plants a competitive advantage in the world of pollination.

这使得这些植物在授粉方面具有竞争优势。

In turn, insect-pollinated crops produce higher yields.

于是，昆虫授粉作物产量也更高。

Like many flowers, it uses pollinating insects, bees.

和其他花一样，它也利用蜜蜂授粉。

For instance, with its pollen bee colonies can pollinate other plants and keep them reproducing.

例如，蜂群花粉可以给其他植物授粉，帮助它们繁殖。

All flowering plants need it to reproduce.

所有开花植物都需要授粉来繁殖。

He was describing the important job that bees have: to pollinate plants in the wild and for food growers.

在野外为植物授粉，以及为粮食种植者授粉。

So imagine a world where that pollination process is not taking place.

我们不敢想象没有授粉世界会是什么样子。

When you think of pollinators–what comes to mind?

当你想到授粉时，你会想到什么动物?

But what exactly is going on when bees pollinate a plant?

但蜜蜂给植物授粉时候到底发生了什么呢？