These colourful creations are aptly known as rainbow bee-eaters. They are Australia’s only bee-eater. Bee-eaters catch all sorts of insects on the wing but are especially partial to a bee or two for their dinner. If you are wondering if swallowing a bee stinger might not be such a good idea, then let me allay your concerns as I explain how these birds deal with this dilemma. They carry their prey to a branch and proceed to either rub the stinger out or bash the living daylights, or in this case the living stinger out of bee on the branch before swallowing.
These colourful creations are aptly known as rainbow bee-eaters. They are Australia’s only bee-eater. Bee-eaters catch all sorts of insects on the wing but are especially partial to a bee or two for their dinner. If you are wondering if swallowing a bee stinger might not be such a good idea, then let me allay your concerns as I explain how these birds deal with this dilemma. They carry their prey to a branch and proceed to either rub the stinger out or bash the living daylights, or in this case the living stinger out of bee on the branch before swallowing.
