Bee-eater Quiz
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What do bee-eaters primarily eat?

  • Dragonflies
  • Mosquitoes
  • Butterflies
  • Bees (correct)
  • How do bee-eaters make their prey harmless before consuming it?

  • Dropping the insect from a height
  • Using their beak to remove the stinger
  • Immersing the insect in water
  • Hitting the insect's head on one side of a branch and rubbing its body on the other (correct)
  • Where do European bee-eaters form families and breed?

  • On small islands in the Pacific
  • In tropical rainforests
  • In Arctic tundra regions
  • Across an area extending from Spain to Kazakhstan (correct)
  • What do European bee-eaters do when they come upon a beehive?

    <p>Eat well</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do bee-eaters begin a long, dangerous journey in late summer?

    <p>European bees pass the winter by sleeping in their hives, cutting off the bee-eater's main source of food</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the main reason for European bee-eaters to form families and breed in the spring and summer?

    <p>To take advantage of the abundance of flying insects in farmland and river valleys</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Why do flocks of bee-eaters follow tractors as they work fields?

    <p>To feed on the insects that are stirred up by the tractors</p> Signup and view all the answers

    How do European bees pass the winter in their hives?

    <p>By sleeping in their hives</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the purpose of the long, dangerous journey that bee-eaters begin in late summer?

    <p>To reach their wintering grounds where they can find food</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What is the process by which bee-eaters make their prey harmless before consuming it?

    <p>Hitting the insect's head on one side of the branch and rubbing its body on the other</p> Signup and view all the answers

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