Here's another bee-eater from my upcoming Bee-eaters of the World set... It is going after a Black-bellied Hornet (from Bees of the World v1). This aggressive and extremely dangerous hornet is native to Taiwan, but it also found in China, Nepal, India, Thailand, Myanmar, Sikkim, Vietnam, Sri Lanka, and Indonesia. Its venom possesses a potent edema-inducing activity, in addition to its lethal cardiovascular effect. The Blue-throated Bee-eater is found in southeastern China (including Hainan), southern Thailand and Indochina (except much of Laos) southward to Sumatra, Java, Borneo and the northern Natuna Islands. It prefers beach-front scrub, dunes, pastures, farmland, suburban gardens, tin mine tailings, sandy clearings and riversides in the lowlands. It feeds on honeybees and other members of the bee family, flies, beetles and true bugs. Some of the insects can be quite large (up to 1.6 inches (42 mm) long). It waits for passing insects from its perch in tall trees, or on telephone line/powerline, and makes a dashing pursuit-flight, returning with prey to the perch. In order to immobilize it, it beats on the perch or, in the case of a bee, to devenoms it, by rubbing off its stinger. Blue-throated bee-eaters practice asynchronous brooding, which means that chicks hatch at different times, often causing siblicide (killing of their siblings). Siblicide generally only occurs when resources, specifically food sources, are scarce. Some parents encourage siblicide, while others prevent it. By letting the offspring kill each other, it saves the parents time and energy that would be wasted on feeding offspring that most likely would not survive anyway.