Graeme Guy/ BIA / Chestnut-headed Bee-eater (Merops leschenaulti) trio with insect prey, Penang, Malaysia

Graeme Guy/ BIA / Blue-throated Bee-eater (Merops viridis) pair, Penang, Malaysia

Guy Edwardes / Little bee-eater (Merops pusillus) vocalising whilst perched on branch, Khwai, Botswana.

Ann & Steve Toon / Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) among yellow Pincushion (Leucospermum cordifolium) flowers, Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens, Cape Town, South Africa, September.

Thomas Hinsche/ BIA / European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) pair squabbling, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Thomas Hinsche/ BIA / European Bee-eater (Merops apiaster) pair, Saxony-Anhalt, Germany

Neil Aldridge / Cape sugarbird (Promerops cafer) on Pincushion protea (Leucospermum sp) in the Cape Floral Kingdom, Cape Town, South Africa. Endemic.

Bence Mate / European bee eaters (Merops apiaster) one taking off another perched, Kiskunsagi National Park, Pusztaszer, Hungary. May.

Bence Mate / Eurasian bee eater (Merops apiaster) dust bathing in sand, Pusztaszer, Hungary, May.

Andres M. Dominguez / Bee-eater (Merops apiaster), Sierra de Grazalema Natural Park, southern Spain, July.

Wim van den Heever / White-fronted bee-eaters (Merops bullockoides) perched near to nesting holes Chobe National Park, Botswana.

Wim van den Heever / Little bee eaters (Merops pusillus) two, with one landing on branch with a fly in its beak. Okavango Delta, Botswana