Richard Flack / Böhm's bee-eater (Merops boehmi) perched on thin branch of wild Mango (Mangifera sp.) tree in riparian woodland, Thangadzi River Conservancy, Southern Malawi.

Andres M. Dominguez / European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) in flight through meadow with flowers, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Cádiz. Spain, June.

Andres M. Dominguez / European bee-eater (Merops apiaster) male offering insect to female in courtship as they fly beside bank in meadow with flowers, Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, Cádiz, Spain, June.

Neil Aldridge / Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus) perched, watching insects as they fly past. The animal takes off, after its prey and then returns with an insect which it swallows. Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus) taking off from perch to go and catch its prey, Okavango Delta, Botswana. Sequence 1/2.

Neil Aldridge / Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus) returning to its perch with an insect in its beak. The bird hits the insect against the branch and then swallows it. Okavango Delta, Botswana. Sequence 1/2.

Neil Aldridge / Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus) looking around and then taking off from perch, leaving the frame, Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus) perched. The animal regurgitates a pellet of indigestible insect parts. Okavango Delta, Botswana.

Neil Aldridge / White-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) pair wiping beaks on branch they are perched on, before taking flight, leaving frame and then entering frame again to land on the branch, Luvuvhu River,...

Neil Aldridge / White-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) pair perching on branch, one takes off and leaves frame, before entering frame and landing on the branch again with a bee in it's beak, which it wipes on...

Neil Aldridge / White-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) pair perching on a branch, one takes flight and leaves frame, Luvuvhu River, Makuleke, Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park, South Africa.

Neil Aldridge / White-fronted bee-eater (Merops bullockoides) perching on a branch, another enters frame and lands beside it with a bee in it's beak, which it rubs against the branch before swallowing it, Luvuvhu Riv...