'Then he thought for another long time and said,' and the only reason for being a bee that I know of, is making honey.

然后，他又思索了很长一段时间，然后说道：“据我所知，这里会有蜜蜂的唯一理由是它们在酿蜜。”

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"I think it is amazing that despite all the years of intensive study there are still massive discoveries to be made about fundamental honey-bee physiology such as the ability to paralyse small insects and mites, " he said.

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