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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?

Eat well (B) Signup and view all the answers

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

European bees pass the winter by sleeping in their hives, cutting off the bee-eater's main source of food (B) 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?

To take advantage of the abundance of flying insects in farmland and river valleys (C) Signup and view all the answers

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

To feed on the insects that are stirred up by the tractors (B) Signup and view all the answers

How do European bees pass the winter in their hives?

By sleeping in their hives (D) Signup and view all the answers

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

To reach their wintering grounds where they can find food (A) Signup and view all the answers

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

Hitting the insect's head on one side of the branch and rubbing its body on the other (B) Signup and view all the answers