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Bees are small insectsinsectSmall animals with six legs and a hard outer body, such as bees, ants, or flies.≈ Synonym: bugs🇺🇿UZ: hasharotlar🇷🇺RU: насекомые that play a big roleroleThe particular job or function that someone or something has in a situation.≈ Synonym: function🇺🇿UZ: rol, vazifa🇷🇺RU: роль in naturenatureThe physical world, including plants, animals, and landscapes, not made by people.≈ Synonym: the natural world🇺🇿UZ: tabiat🇷🇺RU: природа. There are more than 20,000 types of bees in the world, but the most well-knownwell-knownKnown or recognized by many people; famous.≈ Synonym: famous🇺🇿UZ: taniqli, mashhur🇷🇺RU: известный is the honeybeehoneybeeA type of bee that lives in large groups and produces honey.≈ Synonym: hive bee🇺🇿UZ: asalari🇷🇺RU: медоносная пчела. People have kept honeybees for thousandsthousandsA very large number; many groups of one thousand.≈ Synonym: countless🇺🇿UZ: minglab🇷🇺RU: тысячи of years because they produceproduce (verb)To make or create something.≈ Synonym: make🇺🇿UZ: ishlab chiqarmoq🇷🇺RU: производить honey and waxwaxA soft, yellowish substance made by bees, used to build the honeycomb.≈ Synonym: beeswax🇺🇿UZ: mum🇷🇺RU: воск. However, bees do much more than that — they are very important for plants and the environmentenvironmentThe natural world around us, including air, water, plants, and land.≈ Synonym: surroundings🇺🇿UZ: atrof-muhit🇷🇺RU: окружающая среда.
Bees help plants grow by moving pollenpollenA fine, powder-like substance made by flowers, needed for plants to make seeds.≈ Synonym: flower dust🇺🇿UZ: gulchang🇷🇺RU: пыльца from one flower to another. This processprocessA series of actions or steps taken to reach a particular result.≈ Synonym: procedure🇺🇿UZ: jarayon🇷🇺RU: процесс is called pollinationpollinationThe process of moving pollen from one flower to another so that plants can produce seeds.≈ Synonym: fertilization🇺🇿UZ: changlanish🇷🇺RU: опыление. When bees visit flowers to collect nectarnectarA sweet liquid produced by flowers that bees collect to make honey.≈ Synonym: flower syrup🇺🇿UZ: nektar🇷🇺RU: нектар, they carrycarry (verb)To hold and move something from one place to another.≈ Synonym: transport🇺🇿UZ: tashimoq, olib yurmoq🇷🇺RU: переносить pollen on their bodies. As they fly from flower to flower, the pollen spreadsspread (verb)To move outward and cover a wider area.≈ Synonym: scatters🇺🇿UZ: tarqalmoq🇷🇺RU: распространяться, which helps plants produce fruits, vegetables, and seedsseedThe small parts of a plant from which a new plant can grow.≈ Synonym: kernels🇺🇿UZ: urug'lar🇷🇺RU: семена. Without bees, many plants would not be able to grow well.
In fact, bees are responsibleresponsible (for)Being the cause of something, or having a duty to do something.≈ Synonym: accountable🇺🇿UZ: mas'ul, sababchi🇷🇺RU: ответственный for pollinating about one-third of the food we eat. Apples, strawberries, almonds, and many other foods depend ondepend onTo need something or someone in order to exist, work, or succeed.≈ Synonym: rely on🇺🇿UZ: bog'liq bo'lmoq🇷🇺RU: зависеть от bees. If bees disappeareddisappear (verb)To stop existing or to no longer be seen.≈ Synonym: vanished🇺🇿UZ: g'oyib bo'lmoq, yo'qolmoq🇷🇺RU: исчезнуть, it would be much harder for farmersfarmerPeople who grow crops or raise animals for a living.≈ Synonym: growers🇺🇿UZ: fermerlar, dehqonlar🇷🇺RU: фермеры to grow these crops, and food could become more expensiveexpensiveCosting a lot of money.≈ Synonym: costly🇺🇿UZ: qimmat🇷🇺RU: дорогой.
Sadly, bees are in dangerin dangerAt risk of being harmed, lost, or destroyed.≈ Synonym: at risk🇺🇿UZ: xavf ostida🇷🇺RU: в опасности today. Their numbers are going down because of pollutionpollutionHarmful substances that damage air, water, or land.≈ Synonym: contamination🇺🇿UZ: ifloslanish🇷🇺RU: загрязнение, climate changeclimate changeLong-term changes in the Earth's weather patterns and average temperatures.≈ Synonym: global warming🇺🇿UZ: iqlim o'zgarishi🇷🇺RU: изменение климата, and the use of chemicalschemicalSubstances used or made in scientific or industrial processes, sometimes harmful.≈ Synonym: substances🇺🇿UZ: kimyoviy moddalar🇷🇺RU: химикаты in farmingfarmingThe activity of growing crops or raising animals for food.≈ Synonym: agriculture🇺🇿UZ: dehqonchilik🇷🇺RU: сельское хозяйство. When bees die, it affectsaffect (verb)To have an influence on someone or something; to cause change.≈ Synonym: impacts🇺🇿UZ: ta'sir qilmoq🇷🇺RU: влиять not only plants but also the animals and people who need those plants to live.
Many groupsgroupNumbers of people or organizations that work together.≈ Synonym: organizations🇺🇿UZ: guruhlar, tashkilotlar🇷🇺RU: группы around the world are working to protectprotect (verb)To keep someone or something safe from harm.≈ Synonym: safeguard🇺🇿UZ: himoya qilmoq🇷🇺RU: защищать bees. They teach people how to plant flowers and trees that bees like and how to avoid using harmfulharmfulCausing or able to cause harm or damage.≈ Synonym: damaging🇺🇿UZ: zararli🇷🇺RU: вредный chemicals. By helping bees, we are also helping ourselves and the planetplanetA large world in space that orbits a star, such as the Earth.≈ Synonym: world🇺🇿UZ: sayyora🇷🇺RU: планета.