They have methods of warding off the bee-eating birds, successfully protecting honeybees and their hives. Honey buzzards are also viewed as somewhat of a help since they consume wasps, which can ...

Pesticides used to kill off troublesome bugs have been killing off honey bees, and now birds are dying off, too. The insecticide works its way up the food chain, and when birds eat bugs that have ...

A class of pesticides linked to the catastrophic collapse of bee colonies has now been linked to declines in bird populations, ... Nine of the 15 species in the study exclusively eat insects, ...

In the new study, scientists found that in 14 out of 15 insect-eating bird species—most of them well-known, including barn swallows, tree sparrows, common starlings and a variety of warblers ...

Honey buzzards, also known as crested honey buzzards, have a uniquely dangerous diet. While most animals would stay far away from the buzzing nests of bees, these birds fly into the fire. This ...