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Bird on a Wire: Two colorful Rainbow Bee-eaters in Australia

The Rainbow Bee-eater is very appropriately named, both for its colors and its diet. It can expertly de-sting bees, wasps, and hornets, by rubbing and bashing the insect against a perch before eating it. It is the only bee-eater found in Australia, and can eat as many as 100 bees each day!

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Copyright: Kimball Chen
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Contained in galleries: Simplicity, Birds (mostly from New Zealand), Australian Wildlife Photography and Nature

The Rainbow Bee-eater is very appropriately named, both for its colors and its diet. It can expertly de-sting bees, wasps, and hornets, by rubbing and bashing the insect against a perch before eating it. It is the only bee-eater found in Australia, and can eat as many as 100 bees each day!