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Sacalacamara

@sacalacamara.bsky.social

El verano se despide y con él las aves migratorias, entre ellas el #abejaruco, un aliado en la lucha contra las plagas de insectos, entre ellas la de la #avispaasiática o velutina, una especie invasora muy dañina que arrasa con las colmenas de abejas 🐝
#meropsapiaster #aves

August 27, 2026 at 6:03 PM

ChibiKamo

@chibikamo.bsky.social

The 18th bird for the Avian August challenge by @cookiedoves.bsky.social is called European Bee-eater.

#avianaugust2026 #meropsapiaster #europeanbeeeater #guepierdeurope

August 18, 2026 at 6:41 PM

Cristina

@crismc.bsky.social

Desde mi ventana. Una de mis aves favoritas 💚
#abejaruco #Meropsapiaster

August 2, 2026 at 8:38 AM

YAMA

@yama2186.bsky.social

•Bee-eaters chilling

[Merops apiaster] 🐝🐦

#meropsapiaster #Wildlife #Birds #AltaMurgiaPark #wildlifephotography #Afni #Puglia #Italy

July 28, 2026 at 11:34 AM

Rigolocations

@rigolocations.bsky.social

#BirdOfTheDay - #Lifer
Un jour j'arriverai à obtenir une photo de guêpier d'Europe où ce ne sera pas juste une tache colorée au loin, j'y crois.
#Photography #Nature #Birds #BirdPhotography #MeropsApiaster #EuropeanBeeEater #CoteDAzur

Photo de la berge d'un étang surmontée de végétation touffue et formant une petite falaise de terre ocre dans laquelle on voit des trous où nichent les guêpiers. Tout en bas sur la droite, perché sur une racine au dessus de l'eau, on voit un guêpier de profil.

July 8, 2026 at 5:45 AM

Carles "tossut"

@carlesviladiu.bsky.social

Aquests díes observo que alguns abellerols (Merops apiaster) mostren el bec amb fang o terra enganxada, i desgast de les plomes de la cua. 🧐 Intueixo que es troben enfeinats en les tasques d'excavació del niu...! 🥰
#meropsapiaster #ocellsdecatalunya #birds #naturephotography

May 29, 2026 at 2:46 PM

Christophe Neff

@cneff.bsky.social

Neu in #Paysages: „Notizen zum Pfingstwochenende 2026“
#Kyjiw #Ukraine #FrançoisMitterrand #Bienenfresser #Meropsapiaster #GordonSetter #Taponimamagnum #Grünstadt #Hitzewelle #Canicule #Klimawandel #climatechange #changementsclimatiques #GaliaAckerman #Tchernobyl
cneffpaysages.blog/2026/05/27/n...

Notizen zum Pfingstwochenende 2026

Als ich am Morgen des Pfingstsonntags aufwachte, erfuhr ich einmal wieder mehr von einer erneuten Luftkriegswelle auf die Ukraine. Mal wieder erschütterten Raketen- und Drohneneinschläge den Himmel…

cneffpaysages.blog

May 27, 2026 at 7:04 PM

Anuradha Sarup

@anuradhasarup.bsky.social

They are back!
As these eye-catching, photogenic birds return to Europe & start filling up my newsfeed, here's my contribution to this seasonal joy.

#EuropeanBeeEater #MeropsApiaster
#MigratoryBirds #BeeEater #Austria #InFlight #Summer #birdlife #birds #3TimesLucky

A photograph f three European Bee-eaters. Two of them had been sitting on a bare branch and have been scared away by the arrival of a third bird from behind which has made the two previous birds fly off.

Scientific Name: MeropsApiaster
Conservation status: Least Concern

May 21, 2026 at 2:40 PM

YAMA

@yama2186.bsky.social

•Merops apiaster searching for bees 🐝

[Gruccione/ Bee-eater]

#meropsapiaster #Birds #wildlifephotography #ParcoAltaMurgia #Afni #Apulia #Italy

First shot without the blue of the sky 🚫🟦

May 8, 2026 at 12:52 PM

YAMA

@yama2186.bsky.social

•Merops apiaster on asphalt

[Gruccione/ Bee-eater]

#meropsapiaster #Birds #wildlifephotography #WildLife #ParcoAltaMurgia #Afni #Apulia #Italy

May 4, 2026 at 12:49 PM

YAMA

@yama2186.bsky.social

•Merops apiaster 🐝

[Gruccione/ Bee-eater]

#meropsapiaster #Beeeater #Birds #wildlifephotography #ParcoAltaMurgia #Afni #Apulia #Italy

May 2, 2026 at 8:36 AM

YAMA

@yama2186.bsky.social

•Merops apiaster

[Gruccione/ Bee-eater]

#meropsapiaster #Birds #wildlifephotography #ParcoAltaMurgia #Afni #Apulia #Italy

[Always there in my secret place between may and august 🤫🫡]

April 28, 2026 at 8:02 AM

YAMA

@yama2186.bsky.social

•Merops apiaster 🐝

[Gruccione/ Bee-eater]

#meropsapiaster #Birds #wildlifephotography #ParcoAltaMurgia #Afni #Apulia #Italy

April 27, 2026 at 4:20 PM

juanhitotgn

@juanhitotgn.bsky.social

El año pasado un día como hoy aparecían por casa los primeros, este año ya van con retraso

#Abejaruco #Abellarol #MeropsApiaster #EuropeanBeeeaters
#DesdeCasa
#NoFilter #AltCamp
#catalunya_natura
#aves #bird
#Birdwach #naturaleza #nature
#natura_catalunya
#Amazing
#Pajaros
#birds

April 12, 2026 at 6:31 PM

Gérard Schmitt photographe animalier

@stagephoto.bsky.social

Le guêpier arrive en fin avril en Provence
The bee-eater arrives in Provence in April
Guêpier d'Europe (Meropsapiaster)-European Bee-eater
Camargue Provence France juin 2025
#Nikonz8 #phiedenature #nature #outdoorphotography #birdcaptures #photographe #guepier
www.gerardschmitt.com/stages-photo

March 31, 2026 at 8:24 AM

Graeme Davis

@gremlingraeme.bsky.social

European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) (Linnaeus 1758) Turkey

Breed in S & C Europe, N & S Africa & W Asia

As the name suggests, bee-eaters predominantly eat insects, especially bees, wasps and hornets

They can eat around 250 bees a day
#EuropeanBeeeater #Meropsapiaster #Birds #Turkey #Ornithology

February 26, 2026 at 6:54 AM

fjmendez.bsky.social

@fjmendez.bsky.social

youtube.com/shorts/HNtLi...

Bee-eaters nest underground by tunneling into sand banks. #MeropsApiaster

YouTube video by Grafting Examples

youtube.com

January 19, 2026 at 8:32 PM

YAMA

@yama2186.bsky.social

•Merops apiaster In Blue

#Meropsapiaster #EuropeanBeeEater #Gruccione #Apulia #Puglia #parconazionaledellaltamurgia #parcoaltamurgia #MurGeoPark #WildLife #WildLifePhotography #Birds #Italy
#Photography #Afni #Yama山

August 6, 2025 at 8:59 AM

YAMA

@yama2186.bsky.social

•Merops apiaster

[Juvenile ⬅️/ Adult ➡️]

#Meropsapiaster #EuropeanBeeEater #Gruccione #Apulia #Puglia #parconazionaledellaltamurgia #parcoaltamurgia #MurGeoPark #WildLife #WildLifePhotography #Birds #Italy
#Photography #Afni #Yama山

August 5, 2025 at 2:10 PM

What Bird?🦜

@whatbirds.bsky.social

🌍 European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) #EurasianBirds #EuropeanBirds #AsianBirds #AfricanBirds | #EuropeanBeeEater #MeropsApiaster | #BeeEaters #BeeEaterFamily 📷: Photo by makamuki0🦜 #birdsoftheworld #birds

🌍 European bee-eater (Merops apiaster)

The European bee-eater is a richly coloured, slender bird, about 27-29 cm long, with a black beak, brown and yellow upperparts, and green wings. Sexes are similar, though females may have greener shoulders.

They breed in southern and central Europe, northern and southern Africa, and western Asia, preferring open country near sandy banks for nesting. Most populations are migratory, wintering in tropical Africa, but a resident population exists in southern Africa.

Highly gregarious, European bee-eaters nest colonially in self-dug tunnels in sandy banks. They feed and roost communally, often catching insects, especially bees, wasps, and hornets, in flight. Before consumption, they remove the sting by striking the insect against a hard surface. 2.5 Flash (Edited)

Conservation status: Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)

📷: Photo by makamuki0 via Pixabay
https://pixabay.com/photos/bee-eater-abellerol-bird-3388890/

HQMZ

June 19, 2025 at 3:31 PM

Tino G. Espina

@espinafoto.bsky.social

Abejaruco europeo
(Merops apiaster)
#abejaruco
#meropsapiaster
#abellerol
#erlatxoria
#abellaruco
#europeanbeeeater
#bestbirdshot
#birds_nature
#birdingcatalunya
#tufotonatgeo
#natgeoyourshot
#natgeo
#natgeoesp
#birdingdaily
#birding
#bird_brilliance
#nuts_about_birds
#sonya7riv
#sonyphotogallery

June 3, 2025 at 6:37 AM

Mathilde B.-Nettelbeck

@thildebiosenf.bsky.social

#bienenfresser #bee-eater #meropsapiaster, in my opinion the most beautiful European bird, I also call it rainbow 🌈 bird. Easy to spot and one of the highlights of the avifauna in #kaiserstuhl #germany. This male brings a dragonfly to its nest, a long tunnel in bluffs formed of Loess sediments.