The Life of the European Bee-eater

When the bird catches a bee, it returns to its tree to get rid of the bee's _______.

Bee-eaters today also find it harder to find food, as there are fewer insects around as a result of _______.

At least 30 percent of the birds will be killed by _______ before they make it back to Europe the following spring.

The difficulties of _______ and avoiding predators along the way affect every bird.

European bees pass the winter by sleeping in their _______, which cuts off the bee-eater's main source of food.

Breeding sites are also disappearing, as rivers are turned into concrete-walled _______.

The rubbing makes its ______ harmless.

It's an extremely risky _______, this migration.

European bee-eaters form families that _______ in the spring and summer across an area that extends from Spain to Kazakhstan.