Bee-eaters are insectivores and agile flyers, which are also capable of grazing insects in flight. The name clearly comes from its main source of food. The presence of large insect prey such as grasshoppers, dragonflies, wasps and also bees is an absolute requirement for bee-eaters. The bee-eater is immune to bee and wasp stings. In order to prevent stings, he knows how to rid them of their stings by rubbing them against a branch. It lives in groups and therefore breeds in colonies in holes in the sides of banks and mountains, sometimes in the ground.
Hello, nice that you take a look in my shop. So my name is Gert Hilbink, living in Coevorden. I have been doing photography since I was 13, inspired by a biology teacher at the then U.L.O. school in Coevorden. Generally I mainly photograph nature but actually.. Read more…