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Honey bees in the United States are in decline. What scientists call Colony Collapse Disorder has wiped out about a third of U.S. beehives. EarthSky Lindsay Patterson spoke to [---1---] Susan Cobey of the University of California Davis about building a better bee.

Susan Cobey focuses on breeding bees that can recognize pests and disease and remove them from the hive. She said her long term plan is to [---2---] the honey bee gene pool.

And why is that important?

We're dependent on bees for our food supply. They pollinate most of our crops – their work is worth about fourteen billion dollars a year. A wider gene pool provides tools to [---3---] of the entire US population of honey bees.

Cobey does that by crossing domestic bees with European bees.

Why are bees from Europe?

Bees in Europe have always been [---4---] for resistance to pest and disease. [---5---] She's confident the bee population will eventually recover.

I see. By the way, how do you actually breed a bee?

Cobey told me it involves artificial insemination under a microscope with a very tiny syringe.

Thanks, Lindsay. I'm Deborah Byrd for E&S, a clear voice for science. We're at E&S.

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bee breeder enhance maintain the health selected So Cobey believes a hybrid will make a stronger bee.
1. bee breeder 養(yǎng)蜂人 2. enhance vt. 提高, 增加, 加強(qiáng) The growth of a city often enhances the value of land close to it. 城市的發(fā)展常常會(huì)提高其附近的地價(jià)。 ?vt. 1. 提高,增加(價(jià)值,品質(zhì),吸引力等) Beautiful coloured illustrations enhanced the book. 漂亮的彩色插圖使這本書(shū)更具吸引力。 3. maintain the health 保持它的健康 4. selected 選擇的 5. So Cobey believes a hybrid will make a stronger bee. 所以Cobey相信雜交生物將會(huì)產(chǎn)生更強(qiáng)壯的蜂。 hybrid n. 雜交生成的生物體, 雜交植物(或動(dòng)物); 雜種, 混血兒 【視聽(tīng)版科學(xué)小組榮譽(yù)出品】 以上僅供參考,歡迎大家參與討論~