Mary Allen
ʻO ka nalo he mau pepeke pili loa i ka nalo. Ma mua, loaʻa wale lākou ma ʻEulopa, ʻAsia, a me ʻAmelika ʻĀkau. I kēia manawa, ua lawe ʻia lākou i ʻAmelika Hema a me Australia.
Hiki ke ʻike ʻia nā ʻano nalo a pau e ko lākou kala ʻeleʻele a melemele. Inā ʻoe e nānā pono, ʻike ʻoe ʻaʻole ʻōniʻoniʻo wale ka nalo. ʻO nā hiʻohiʻona kūikawā e ʻae i ka biology e hoʻokaʻawale pololei i nā ʻano ʻano no ka mea ʻokoʻa lākou i kēlā me kēia ʻano.
Pehea ke ola o ka nalo?
ʻO ke aliʻi wahine wale nō ke ola i ka hoʻoilo. Hoʻomaka ʻo ia e kūkulu i ka pūnana i ka pūnāwai a waiho i kāna mau hua mua i loko o nā keʻena mua. Ua loaʻa iā ia ka sperm no ka hoʻomomona ʻana i loko o kāna ʻeke semen mai ka hāʻule i hala. ʻAi ke aliʻi wahine i nā ʻiniko, nahu iā lākou a hiki i ka pulp, a hānai iā lākou i nā ʻōpala. A laila, ulu kēia i poʻe limahana, hoʻomau i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka pūnana, a mālama i nā ʻōpala. He mau haneli a he kakaikahi tausani holoholona ka kolone nalo.
ʻO ka pūnana nalo he mau pūnana meli hexagonal e like me ka nalo meli. Hana nā nalo ma ka nau ʻana i nā ʻāpana lāʻau liʻiliʻi a hui pū i loko o ka pulp me ko lākou kuha. Hoʻokumu lākou i ka pūnana mai kēia pulp, maloʻo a laila like ka mea like me kā mākou pepa. He māmā a maʻalahi hoʻi ia e mash. Hoʻokumu nā wasps i ko lākou mau pūnana ma nā pā a me nā kumulāʻau, akā ma nā attics a i ʻole nā pahu o nā makapō a me nā pani.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hānai ʻana i kekahi mau larvae ma mua o nā mea ʻē aʻe, kahi e ulu ai nā mōʻī wahine hou. Hoʻokumu nā kāne, i kapa ʻia ʻo drones, mai nā hua manu ʻole. Lele lākou a hoʻopalau me ke aliʻi wahine ʻōpio, a laila make. I ka hooilo, make pu ka poe hana a me ke alii wahine kahiko. Ke ola nei nā mōʻī wahine ʻōpio i ka hiamoe. I ka pūnāwai hoʻomaka lākou e kūkulu i kā lākou pūnana a waiho i kā lākou mau hua mua.
ʻAi nā nalo makua i ka nectar, pollen, a me nā drupes. ʻO kēia nā plums, peaches, a me nā apricots. Loaʻa i ka ʻōpiopio ka ʻiʻo mai nā holoholona make a i hopu ʻia paha. ʻO ka ʻenemi nui o nā wasps ʻo ka honey buzzard. ʻEli kēia manu i nā pūnana nalo me kona mau wāwae a hānai i nā ʻōhua i kāna mau keiki ponoʻī. Akā makemake nā manu ʻē aʻe, nā ʻāwīwī, a me nā dragonflies e ʻai i nā nalo.
He pōʻino anei nā nalo?
Hoʻomalu nā nalo iā lākou iho me ko lākou mau ʻū. Ua lawa ko lakou manao i kaohi. Hiki kēia, no ka laʻana, ke komo lākou ma lalo o kahi ʻāpana lole. Me ko lākou ʻūhā, hiki iā lākou ke hou hou a hoʻokomo i ka lāʻau ʻawaʻawa i loko o ka ʻili o ka poʻe i hoʻopaʻi ʻia. A laila ʻaʻā nui loa.
ʻO nā ʻano nalo nui loa e kū nei ma ko mākou ʻāina ʻo ka hornet. Ua aneane ʻehā kenimika ka lōʻihi. Nui ka poʻe makaʻu i nā nalo. Aia kekahi kānāwai kahiko e ʻōlelo ana, "E make ka lio i ka nahu ʻehiku, a ʻelua e make ke keiki." He hoomanamana keia rula a aole oiaio. ʻAʻole ʻoi aku ka pōʻino o ka lāʻau ʻawaʻawa ma mua o ka nalo a i ʻole nā nalo ʻē aʻe.
Pono e noho mālie a puni nā nalo a ʻaʻole kokoke loa i ko lākou pūnana. A laila, ʻaʻole lākou e kuʻi. ʻAi wale ka wasps ke manaʻo lākou i ka hoʻoweliweli a i ka wā e makemake ai lākou e pale i ko lākou kolone a me ka mōʻīwahine.