Bees

[mbradford]

I had Simon out on the lawn, he loves the clover, and after eating a couple of leaves and flowers he went into "stalk" mode. He had attracted the attention of the garden birds and they were all giving there alarm calls, and some of them came quite close to investigate. He then proceeded to eat two bees in quick succesion! I watched him to see if he showed any signs of having been stung, but he just licked his lips and proceeded to stalk and eat another one. The bees were collecting off the clover flowers and it's amazing how after these three had disappeared, the bees stopped coming to that patch of lawn and clover. Simon shows no after effects except disapointment that there were no more bees! I suppose that in nature they are bound to eat stinging insects at times. Not that I'll make a habit of doing this but I'm not as concerned as I was about the beardies accidentally eating bees before seeing this happen.

 

[winq]

how old is simon? if he is an adult i see no problem eating bees.. i think his digesting system is no problem for him..

 

[beardie parents]

I've had two adult beardies that ate bees. They were at my mothers house when this happened.

 

[kevindeeley12]

Haha, as long as the bees don't sting him on the way down, there should be no problems

 

[mbradford]

Simon is only about 6 months old, but he's much bigger than Stitch who is about the same age. Here's a picture of him earning his keep!

The scarecrow watches over the whole veggie garden, but is right by the strawberry patch, a strawberry broken up is a loved treat!

 

[kevindeeley12]

That guy's awesome haha.