little bee eater perched the edge bush okavango delta botswana africa

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Little bee-eater perched in the edge of the bush in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Africa. Royalty Free Stock Photo

Pictured is a little bee-eater perched in the edge of the bush in the Okavango Delta in Botswana, Africa. Bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets, who are caught in the air by sorties from low open perches, maybe only a meter or less high. Before eating their meal, a bee-eater removes the stinger by repeatedly hitting the insect on a hard surface. . The photograph was taken from a safari vehicle based at the Atzaro Okavango Camp. The binomial name is Merops pusilius .