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What will eat bees?

Updated: 10/9/2023
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Lots of animals eat bees. I know this dog(not mine!) thats always trying to catch bees. I dont know how it doesnt sting them on the tongue!

Some birds particularly prey on bees. Among them is he bee-eater (Merops apiaster) obviously, but mockingbirds and other bird species also eat them.

Dragonflies, which eat all kinds of small insects, also eat bees. Bears, of course, are reputed to love honey but they actually enjoy insects, and go after beehives in order to eat the bees and their larva; the honey is a sweet extra for them.

The Australian native bee, which is small, black, and stingless, is preyed upon by many creatures, birds, insects and mammals - including humans. The native bees have a sweet smell about them which is attractive to other animals. One of my sons, as a toddler in Brisbane, would sit on our front steps and pick off the bees as they zoomed back and forth to their hive, which was under the porch.

While native bees don't sting, they do bite: we could always tell when he'd been eating them because there'd be tiny bite-marks around his mouth, which didn't bother him in the least. His fascination with and appetite for the little bees was never shared by his brothers for some reason, and we didn't mind him catching the occasional flying snack since the creatures died quickly, are harmless to humans, and kept him quiet for long periods.

Eventually the hive would send out squadrons of warriors to buzz around his face and bite him, and sooner or later he'd get tired of it and go play with his LEGO.

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Bee eaters do. They are a group of birds in the family Meropidae. Most species are found in Africa and Asia, with a few in southern Europe, Australia, and New Guinea.

Some insects do eg dragon flies, robber flies, hornets.

Some mammals do eg black bears

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Depending on the kind of bee, there is many enemies. The most common enemy of the bee is the bird.

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Bees feed on Nectar and Pollen.

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Birds and dragonflies mostly.

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Skunks have been known to eat obey bees.

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