In return, the acacia feeds the ants a protein from its leaflets and nectar from its stalk.(作为回报,洋槐树的叶片会分泌一种蛋白质,连同它的主茎分泌的香甜汁液一起供蚂蚁食用。)
Some nectar plants are deer browse resistant.(有的花粉植物具有鹿类抗性。)
Bees collect nectar to make into honey and to make "bee bread" -pollen packed by workers into tiny balls with a bit of nectar added.(蜜蜂通过采集花粉制成蜂蜜,让工蜂将“蜂粮”花粉装入蜂窝中。)
Honey made from such nectar can cause the effects the texts describe, but only if eaten fresh since the honey loses its toxicity within a few weeks of being made.(用这种花蜜制成的蜂蜜会产生书上所描述的效果,但只有在新鲜食用的情况下才会如此,因为蜂蜜在制作几周内就会失去毒性。)
Most butterflies only sip nectar, but this one has evolved with special equipment-a snout that allows it to mine and then digest pollen.(大多数蝴蝶只能汲取花蜜,但这种袖蝶进化出了特殊的取食工具——可以用来采掘然后消化花粉的口吻部。)
"Almost all were incorrectly labeled based on their pollen and nectar contents," he said.(他说,“根据花粉和花蜜含量,几乎所有的产品标签都有问题。”)
A young boa constrictor bides its time on another bloom; the snake cares little for Ochroma nectar but wouldn't pass up a meal of hummingbird.(一只小蟒蛇在另一朵花上等待时机;蛇对蜜汁不感兴趣,但不愿放弃一顿蜂鸟餐。)
The bees seek pollen; if they land by mistake in a blossom's pool of nectar, they will probably drown.(这些蜜蜂正在收集花粉;如果误落到花蜜池中,蜜蜂可能会被淹死。)
In Greece, rhododendrons and oleander bloom only in springtime, when they are the predominant sources of nectar.(在希腊,杜鹃花和夹竹桃只在春天开花,那时它们是花蜜的主要来源。)
Heather honey is made from nectar collected from the tiny purple bell-shaped flower of the common heather plant.(石南蜂蜜是由常见的有着紫色钟状小花的石南植株花采集蜜制成。)