Photo Adventures with Ed

The Bee-eaters of Namibia

A bee eater in perch on a reed in the Caprivi strip, Namibia near the Mazambla Island Lodge in Kongkola.

Bee-eaters are stunningly beautiful birds.

Did you know?

As the name suggests, bee-eaters predominantly eat flying insects, especially bees and wasps, which are caught in the air by sallies from an open perch. Before eating its meal, a bee-eater removes the sting by repeatedly hitting and rubbing the insect on a hard surface. During this process, pressure is applied to the insect thereby extracting most of the venom. Notably, the birds only catch prey that are on the wing and ignore flying insects once they land.

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