Because honeybees evolved in the tropics, Dr. Dornhaus's next field site was in the Nilgiri Hills in the Western Ghats in India.

由于蜜蜂是在热带地区进化而来，因此多恩·豪斯博士把她的下一站选在印度西高止山脉的尼尔基里山区。

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Their range in the Old World extends across much of Europe, the north Mediterranean, across most of Asia to Japan, south to the Nilgiri mountains in India, and south to the Philippines.

他们在旧世界的范围扩展到了欧洲大部分地区，北地中海，在亚洲大部分地区的日本，在印度南部的尼尔吉里山，南到菲律宾。

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Yet their numbers here have been steadily climbing since the Nilgiri Biosphere Reserve was created in 1986.

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Nilgiri comprises six protected areas, from the forests of Wayanad Wildlife Sanctuary, with its teak, sandalwood and eucalyptus groves, to the dry meadows of its Karnatakan neighbour, Bandipur National Park.

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