世界最大蜜蜂重现印度尼西亚 World's largest bee, feared extinct, found alive in Indonesia

The largest bee(蜜蜂 mìfēng) species in the world has been rediscovered alive on Indonesia's North Moluccas islands, after missing(消失 xiāoshī) for 38 years and being feared extinct(灭绝 mièjué). A single female(雌性 cíxìng) Wallace's giant bee (Megachile pluto) was found living inside a termites' nest in a tree by an international team of biologists after it reportedly remained elusive for decades.

The female giant bee can measure nearly 4cm in length(长度 chángdù), as long as a human thumb, and has immense jaws like a stag-beetle. It has only been recorded(记录) by scientists three times after it became known to science in 1858, when it was found(发现 fāxiàn) by British entomologist Alfred Russel Wallace on the Indonesian island of Bacan.

重点词汇 Key word:

蜜蜂(bee)& 蜂蜜(honey)

• Mìfēng wēng wēng jiào.
  蜜蜂嗡嗡叫。
  Bees buzz.

• Rúguǒ nǐ xǐhuān chī tián de jiù duō jiādiǎn fēngmì.
  如果你喜欢吃甜的就多加点蜂蜜。
  Add more honey if you have a sweet tooth.