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- Bee-eater abstract "The bee-eaters are a group of near-passerine birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa and Asia but others occur in southern Europe, Australia, and New Guinea. They are characterised by richly coloured plumage, slender bodies, and usually elongated central tail feathers. All have long downturned bills and pointed wings, which give them a swallow-like appearance when seen from afar. There are 26 different species of bee-eaters.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. While they pursue any type of flying insect, honey bees predominate in their diet. Hymenoptera (ants, bees and wasps) comprise from 20% to 96% of all insects eaten, with honey bees comprising approximately one-third of the Hymenoptera.Before eating its meal, a bee-eater removes the stinger 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.Bee-eaters are gregarious. They form colonies by nesting in burrows tunnelled into the side of sandy banks, such as those that have collapsed on the edges of rivers. Their eggs are white and they generally produce 2–9 eggs per clutch (depending on species). As they live in colonies, large numbers of these holes are often seen together, white streaks from their accumulated droppings accentuating the entrances to the nests. Most of the species in the family are monogamous, and both parents care for the young, sometimes with the assistance of other birds in the colony, a behavior considered unusual for birds.".
- Bee-eater class Bird.
- Bee-eater kingdom Animal.
- Bee-eater order Coraciiformes.
- Bee-eater phylum Chordate.
- Bee-eater thumbnail European_bee_eater.jpg?width=300.
- Bee-eater wikiPageExternalLink bee-eaters-meropidae.
- Bee-eater wikiPageExternalLink bee-eaters.html.
- Bee-eater wikiPageExternalLink 26433.
- Bee-eater wikiPageExternalLink Sampler2a-Bee-eaters.htm.
- Bee-eater wikiPageID "63229".
- Bee-eater wikiPageLength "21893".
- Bee-eater wikiPageOutDegree "124".
- Bee-eater wikiPageRevisionID "681601801".
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Africa.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Animal.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Australia.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Beak.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Bee.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Bird.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Bird_colony.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Bird_migration.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Bird_nest.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Black-headed_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Black_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Blue-bearded_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Blue-breasted_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Blue-cheeked_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Blue-headed_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Blue-moustached_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Blue-tailed_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Blue-throated_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Borneo.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Brood_parasite.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Brood_parasitism.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Bustard.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Bustards.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Bxc3xb6hms_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Carmine_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Carmine_bee-eater_(disambiguation).
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Category:Bird_families.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Category:Meropidae.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Chestnut-headed_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Chordate.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Cinnamon-chested_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Constantine_Samuel_Rafinesque-Schmaltz.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Coraciiformes.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Diurnality.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Drosophila.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Dust_bath.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Dust_bathing.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Europe.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink European_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Family_(biology).
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink File:Merops_bullockoides_1_Luc_Viatour.jpg.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Flight_zone.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Green_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Hawking_(birds).
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Helpers_at_the_nest.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Honey_bee.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Honeybee.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Hymenoptera.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Individual_distance.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Insect.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Iris_(anatomy).
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Kingfisher.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Kleptoparasitism.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Little_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Merops_(genus).
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Monogamy.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Near-passerine.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Near_passerine.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Northern_carmine_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Nyctyornis.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Old_World.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Olive_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Parasite.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Parasitism.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Plumage.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Purple-bearded_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Rainbow_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Red-bearded_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Red-throated_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Roller.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Rosy_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Sallying.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Sexual_dimorphism.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Somali_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Southern_Africa.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Southern_carmine_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Stinger.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Sulawesi.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Sumatra.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Sun_bathing.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Sun_tanning.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Swallow-tailed_bee-eater.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Ultraviolet.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink Wasp.
- Bee-eater wikiPageWikiLink West_Africa.