'Online' bees 科技蜜蜂已“上线”

本集内容 'Online' bees 科技蜜蜂已“上线”

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边看边答 True or false? Collecting data about bees will help experts understand how healthy they are.

Behind a fire station in Stockport (UK), some bees are about to get connected. An Australian scientist, leading a global bee monitoring project, is fitting them with a chip that will allow them to be tracked. Now the bees will be counted in and out of the hive.

Peter Carter, bee project manager

"So now we understand more about their behaviour – when they leave the hive, how long they stay away and when they return, who they are travelling with. We are identifying individual insects here which we have not been able to do in the past."

The tech company Cisco has recruited beekeepers across Greater Manchester to take part in the programme. One hope is that the data will give greater understanding of what keeps bees healthy.

Alan Towse, bee keeper

“It's very, very difficult to look inside the hive and know what's happening with an individual bee, so by tagging an individual bee you get to know how long it lives.”

Over the coming months thousands of them will be at work, not just making honey but providing data which could make Manchester a healthier and smarter city.

在斯托克波特（英国英格兰中部城市，位于曼彻斯特东南）的一个消防局后方，一些蜜蜂即将“上线”。全球蜜蜂监测项目的领头人——一位来自澳大利亚的科学家，正在给蜜蜂安装芯片从而对他们的行踪进行监测。现在蜜蜂每次进出蜂巢都会被记录。

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