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The community is so harmonious that it's hard to believe that this place
這個社群非常和諧 很難相信這個地方
is also the setting for mass murder.
也會發生集體屠殺事件
Tempers do flare
一只掘穴蜂昏了頭 鉆進另一只蜂的洞穴
when a bee gets confused and goes down another's burrow.
確實鬧得不可開交
But these are minor disagreements.
但這不過是鬧鬧意見
The colony is peaceful at the moment
蜂群現在很平靜
because every bee here is a female.
因為這里全是雌蜂
It's the males that are the killers and they are all dead.
嗜殺的是雄蜂 現在全都死光了
Their story began two monthsearlier, before theappearance of the females.
它們的故事要從兩個月前說起 那時雌蜂還沒露臉
Male Dawson's bees.
這是雄的道森氏掘穴蜂
The females are only just emerging,
雌蜂才剛冒出來
burrowing their way, one by one,
一只只鉆出它們孵化
out of the tunnels where they hatched and grew up and their scent enflames the males.
和成長的地道 身上的氣味讓雄蜂欲火夔身
They arehuge and built for fighting.
雄蜂身材壯碩，驍勇善戰
And each one wants to be in the best position to mate with a female.
每只都想占據 最有利的地位和雌蜂交配
