Kako pčele prave med

Pčele su male, ali rade jako naporno. Radilica leti od cvijeta do cvijeta cijeli dan. Svojim dugim jezikom pije slatki sok iz cvjetova. Taj slatki sok zove se nektar, a pčela ga čuva u posebnom želucu.

Honeybees are small, but they work very hard. A worker bee flies from flower to flower all day. It drinks the sweet juice from the flowers with its long tongue. This sweet juice is called nectar, and the bee keeps it in a special stomach.

Natrag u košnici, pčela predaje nektar drugim pčelama. One ga prenose iz usta u usta i dodaju malo nečega iz svog tijela. Zatim stavljaju nektar u male voštane sobice. Pčele brzo mašu krilima da ga osuše, i nektar polako postaje gust med.

Back at the hive, the bee gives the nectar to other bees. They pass it from mouth to mouth and add a little something from their bodies. Then they put the nectar into small wax rooms. The bees move their wings fast to dry it, and slowly the nectar becomes thick honey.

Kad je med gotov, pčele svaku malu sobicu zatvore mekim voštanim poklopcem. Med je sada hrana za cijelu košnicu tijekom hladne zime. Jedna mala pčela za svog života napravi samo sitnu kap, pa pčele moraju surađivati da bi napunile košnicu.

When the honey is ready, the bees close each little room with a soft wax lid. The honey is now food for the whole hive in the cold winter. One small bee makes only a tiny drop in its life, so the bees must work together to fill the hive.