A fuzzy bee hovering near a bright flower in a soft sunny garden.

Big question

为什么蜜蜂会嗡嗡叫?

Wèishénme mìfēng huì wēngwēng jiào?

Why do bees buzz?

蜜蜂会嗡嗡叫,是因为它们飞的时候,翅膀拍得特别快。

Mìfēng huì wēngwēng jiào, shì yīnwèi tāmen fēi de shíhou, chìbǎng pāi de tèbié kuài.

蜜蜂的翅膀拍得非常非常快,所以我们会听到嗡嗡的声音。它们会用那个忙个不停的小身体,从一朵花飞到另一朵花,去找花蜜和花粉。那个声音对我们来说有点明显,可是对蜜蜂来说,那只是它工作时的一部分。

Mìfēng de chìbǎng pāi de fēicháng fēicháng kuài, suǒyǐ wǒmen huì tīngdào wēngwēng de shēngyīn. Tāmen huì yòng nàge máng gè bù tíng de xiǎo shēntǐ, cóng yì duǒ huā fēi dào lìng yì duǒ huā, qù zhǎo huāmì hé huāfěn. Nàge shēngyīn duì wǒmen lái shuō yǒudiǎn míngxiǎn, kěshì duì mìfēng lái shuō, nà zhǐshì tā gōngzuò shí de yí bùfen.

如果你在花园里听到一只蜜蜂,你觉得它会先飞去哪一朵花呢?

Rúguǒ nǐ zài huāyuán lǐ tīngdào yì zhī mìfēng, nǐ juéde tā huì xiān fēi qù nǎ yì duǒ huā ne?

Bees buzz because their wings beat very fast when they fly and work around flowers.

A bee's wings flap so fast that we hear a humming sound. Bees use that busy little body to fly from flower to flower looking for nectar and pollen. The buzz may sound loud to us, but it is just part of a bee's tiny working day.

If you heard a bee in a garden, which flower do you think it might visit first?