• 各种动物叫声的表达

    15-06-08 bee蜜蜂 buzz[bz] bird鸟 tweet[twi:t] cat猫 meow[m'a] hen母鸡 cluck[klk] cow奶牛 moo[mu:] cuckoo布谷鸟 cuckoo[kku:] dog狗 woof woof[wf] duck鸭子 quack quack[kwk] frog青蛙 croak[krk] horse马 neigh[ne] lion狮子 roar[r:] pig猪 oink[k] raven鸦 caw[k:] tu...

  • 蜜蜂利用不同的基因组合抵抗感染

    15-03-30 Honey bees use different sets of genes, regulated by two distinct mechanisms, to fight off viruses, bacteria and gut parasites, according to researchers at Penn State and the Georgia Institute of Technology. The findings may help scientists develop...

  • The Eagle and the Bee

    14-02-28 Seeing how a bee was busying itself about a flower, an eagle said to it, with disdain: How I pity thee, poor thing, with all thy toil(辛苦) and skill! All through the summer, thousands of thy fellows are moulding honeycomb in the hive. But who wil...

  • queen bee syndrome 蜂王综合征

    13-07-08 Queen bee syndrome was first defined by G.L. Staines, T.E. Jayaratne, and C. Tavris in 1973. It describes a woman in a position of authority who views or treats subordinates more critically if they are female. This phenomenon has been documented by...

  • 英汉文化中的动物形象差别

    13-01-31 动物形象在不同的语言里常常会有不同的文化含义。汉语中带有狗字的成语往往带有贬义,但dog在英语中是中性偏褒的,这一点许多文章中都谈到过。这次我们列举一些特别的例子。 汉语里有多条成语涉及老虎,因为在中国传统文化中,老虎被认为是百兽之王(连老虎头上的黑色...

  • 蜂巢提取物可用于治疗前列腺癌

    12-05-07 An over-the-counter natural remedy(补救,治疗) derived from honeybee hives arrests the growth of prostate cancer cells and tumors in mice, according to a new paper from researchers at the University of Chicago Medicine. Caffeic acid phenethyl este...

  • 蜜蜂如何对付合成杀虫剂

    11-07-21 A new study reveals how enzymes in the honey bee gut detoxify(使解毒) pesticides commonly used to kill mites in the honey bee hive. This is the first study to tease out(梳理) the precise molecular mechanisms that allow a pollinating(授粉) inse...

  • 约克大学博士生发现新品种蜜蜂

    10-09-01 TORONTO, August 31, 2010 A York University doctoral student who discovered a new species of bee on his way to the lab one morning has completed a study that examines 84 species of sweat bees in Canada. Nineteen of these species including the one Jas...

  • What does the Bee do?

    09-10-25 by C. G. Rossetti, 1830-1894 What does the bee do? Bring home honey. And what does Father do? Bring home money. And what does Mother do? Lay out the money. And what does baby do? Eat up the honey. 蜜蜂做些什么? 把蜂蜜带回家。 父亲做些什么? 把钱带...

  • DNA clue to honey bee deaths 蜜蜂死亡DNA线索被发现

    09-08-25 Scientists say that mass bee deaths may be caused by viruses that disrupt gene expression. 科学家称造成蜜蜂大量死亡的原因可能是病毒造成的基因表达分裂。 Multiple viruses may act together to cause colony collapse The team analysed which genes were tur...