Wellesley College biologist Heather Mattila went to Vietnam to understand how Asian honeybees defend themselves from the hornets there.

韦尔斯利学院生物学家希瑟·马蒂拉 (Heather Mattila) 前往越南了解亚洲蜜蜂如何抵御那里的黄蜂。

One beekeeper told Mattila and her colleagues that he had seen the honeybees collecting bits of water buffalo dung.

一位养蜂人告诉马蒂拉和她的同事， 他曾看到蜜蜂收集水牛粪便.

If Mattila and her team can figure out how poop keeps hornets away, it might help North American beekeepers help their bees to survive—if the so-called murder hornets decide they like it here.

如果 Mattila 和她的团队能够弄清楚粪便如何让黄蜂远离，这可能有助于北美养蜂人帮助他们的蜜蜂生存——如果所谓的杀人黄蜂决定喜欢这里的话。