With a strong poison spray aimed at a bunch of flying insects, it's easy to imagine several of them falling together at the same time.
用一种强力喷雾杀虫剂来对付那些一群群的飞行小昆虫,我们很容易联想到那些小昆虫从空中同时落下来。For instance, other stressors, such as pesticides and a lack of good nutrition, may be behind the bees' lack of resistance, she said.
她说到,就好像其他压力,譬如杀虫剂以及营养的匮乏,也是蜜蜂不能抵抗的潜在因素。Lemon balm is a fragrant oil that is often used in warding of pests or insects in the garden or in herbal insect repellents .
柠檬香蜂草是一种芬芳的精油,经常用于花园中防御有害物或昆虫,或者用于草本植物杀虫剂。In fact, none of the crops here have been treated with pesticides, herbicides or chemical input of any sort.
事实上,农场里的作物都没有打过杀虫剂、除草剂等任何类型的化学农药。Bayer - the German chemical giant that makes many of the neo-nicotinoids used in Europe - insisted its products do not harm bees.
德国化学巨头Bayer(拜尔)是欧洲大量新式类尼古丁杀虫剂的生产商,坚持认为自己的产品对蜜蜂没有伤害。A more radical answer, though, may be to use a completely different sort of insecticide: a fungus.
一个更激进的办法是,使用一种完全不同的杀虫剂:真菌。A more radical answer, though, maybe touse a completely different sort of insecticide: a fungus.
更根本的答案可能会是利用一个完全不同的杀虫剂:一种真菌。We cannot afford the risk of losing a class of first-rate insecticides with no suitable replacements ready to step in and do the same job.
我们无法承受在失去这类一流杀虫剂的同时,没有适当的替代品加入进来并起到同样的作用。The campaign to eliminate river blindness began as the most vertical programme imaginable: helicopters dropping insecticides out of the sky.
根除河盲症运动开始时是可以想象的最纵向的规划:直升飞机从空中投撒杀虫剂。