Apis rimam propole oblinit et partes conglutinat.

Rimam is accusative singular from rima, meaning crack or crevice.
It is the direct object of oblinit, so it is the thing being covered or smeared over.

A native English speaker may want to think of it like this:

• apis = the doer
• oblinit = covers/smears
• rimam = the thing covered

Propole is an ablative form, meaning with propolis or by means of propolis.
This is an example of the ablative of means/instrument: it tells you what substance the bee uses to cover the crack.

So the structure is roughly:

• rimam = the crack
• propole = with propolis

In other words, the bee covers the crack using propolis.

It can look unusual because propolis is a Greek-derived word, and borrowed Greek nouns sometimes keep forms that do not look like the most regular Latin patterns a beginner expects.

The important thing for reading this sentence is simply:

• propole = an ablative form
• it means with propolis

So even if the ending looks unfamiliar, its job in the sentence is clear.

Oblinit is 3rd person singular present active indicative of oblinere.
Its basic idea is smear over, coat, cover over, or plaster.

So in this sentence it means that the bee coats or seals the crack with propolis.

Latin does this very naturally. One subject can govern more than one verb.

Here, apis is the subject of both:

• oblinit = it covers/coats
• conglutinat = it glues together

The word et simply links the two actions: and.

So the bee does both things.

Partes is accusative plural from pars, partis.
Here it is the direct object of conglutinat.

So:

• conglutinat partes = it glues the parts together

Even though English may phrase this in different ways, Latin makes the relationship clear through the accusative ending.

Conglutinat is 3rd person singular present active indicative of conglutinare.
It means glues together, sticks together, or fastens together.

The prefix con- adds the sense of together, so the verb is stronger than just glue in a general sense: it suggests joining separate things into one.

Latin has no articles. It does not have separate words for the or a/an.

So:

• apis can mean a bee or the bee
• rimam can mean a crack or the crack
• partes can mean parts or the parts

You decide from the context which English wording sounds best.

Word order matters less in Latin than in English because the endings show each word’s job.

Here:

• apis is nominative, so it is the subject
• rimam and partes are accusative, so they are objects
• propole is ablative, so it shows means/instrument

Because of that, Latin can move words around more freely than English can. This sentence is fairly straightforward, but another order could still mean the same thing if the endings stayed the same.