Isithombe: Inyosi Impova Izimbali

Isithombe sithwebula isikhathi esisondelene nesibalulekile ngokwesayensi emjikelezweni wempilo yesihlahla samapheya: inyosi yoju (i-Apis mellifera) ikhipha impova ngezimbali ezintekenteke zepheya. Sibekwe engadini ezolile emini, isithombe sihlanganisa kokubili ubuhle nokusebenza, okubonisa indima ebalulekile edlalwa abathumbi bempova ekukhiqizeni izithelo ezinsimini zezithelo zasekhaya.

Inyosi ibusa ohlangothini lwesokudla lokubunjwa, ihlezi kahle kwenye yezimbali. Isifuba sayo esinsundu ngokusagolide, esifiphele kanye nesisu sinemithende enamabhande amnyama, acwebezelayo, kuyilapho uboya bomzimba obucolisekileyo bubenyezela ekukhanyeni kwelanga, bunamathele ezinhlangeni zempova. Amaphiko aso acwebezelayo, anemithambo ethambile, abamba ukukhanya futhi abonakale emile phakathi nokunyakaza, njengokungathi isinambuzane sisanda kuhlala. Okugqama kakhulu amasaka ayo empova awolintshi agqamile (i-corbiculae) emilenzeni yangemuva, evuvukele impova eqoqiwe, ubufakazi obubonakalayo bokudla kwayo ngokuzimisela. I-proboscis yezinyosi ingena ijule enkabeni yembali, ifuna umpe kuyilapho ngesikhathi esifanayo ixubha izimila ezifakwe izinhlamvu zempova—isenzo sokuthuthwa kwempova esitholakala ngemininingwane ephelele.

Izimbali zepheya ngokwazo zihlanzekile futhi zinhle. Imbali ngayinye inamacembe amhlophe amahlanu acwebile, ahlanganiswe kancane futhi athambile ngokuthungwa, azungeza iqoqo elimaphakathi lama-pistils aphuzi-luhlaza kanye nama-anther abomvu ngokumnyama. Ama-stamens aphakama njengezimpaphe ezizacile ezihlotshiswe nge-maroon, okwenza umehluko uma uqhathaniswa namacembe amhlophe qwa. Izithunzi ezicashile ziwela phakathi kwezimbali, zengeze ubukhulu futhi zigqamise ubumnandi besimo sazo. Izimbali eziningana zihlangene ndawonye eduze kwegatsha elincanyana, okubonisa i-inflorescence ejwayelekile yesihlahla sepheya.

Amaqabunga aluhlaza afaka izimbali, ubuso bawo bucwebezela futhi bunempilo, imithambo ibonakala ngokucacile ngaphansi kokukhanya okuthambile, kwemvelo. Amathoni azo anothile aluhlaza ahluke kahle nezimbali ezimhlophe qwa kanye nemibala efudumele yezinyosi esagolide. Igatsha ngokwalo linokhuni futhi limile, ligxilisa izimbali nezinyosi ngaphakathi kwesakhiwo esibanzi sesihlahla.

Ngemuva, isithombe sincibilika sibe ukufiphala okuthambile kohlaza, ngesiphakamiso esifushane sothango lwamapulangwe namahlamvu engadini ngale. Lo mphumela we-bokeh unikeza umongo—insimu yezithelo noma ukulungiselelwa kwegceke—ngaphandle kokuphazamisa inyosi egxile kakhulu futhi iqhakaze ngaphambili. Ukukhanya okusabalale kufudumele futhi kuyalingana, kugeza indawo ngemibala esagolide ephakamisa isikhathi santambama, isikhathi esibalulekile somsebenzi we-pollinator.

Sekukonke, isithombe asigcini nje ngokujabulisa ubuhle kodwa futhi siyafundisa ngokujulile. Ithwebula ukuncika phakathi kwezihlahla zamapheya kanye nezithuthi zazo zempova: izimbali ezinikeza umpe nempova njengokudla, futhi inyosi iqinisekisa ukudluliswa kwempova okubalulekile kwesethi yezithelo. Isithombe sisebenza njengokugujwa kobuhle bemvelo kanye nesikhumbuzo sokufundisa sokulinganisela okuthambile okusekela ukukhiqizwa kwezithelo okuphumelelayo ezingadini zasekhaya.

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