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Offline Jen

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Do lizards eat bees?
« on: June 12, 2014, 01:15:48 am »
Ventured out tonight to take a pic of my bees on the porch and saw this skink. I love having lizards around. Was wondering if they eat bees?
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Re: Do lizards eat bees?
« Reply #1 on: June 12, 2014, 01:26:39 am »
The occasional bee yes

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Re: Do lizards eat bees?
« Reply #2 on: June 12, 2014, 03:00:48 am »
buffet dinner every night?  i don't see why not.   One time in Thailand I saw a gecko trying to eat a horned beetle twice the size of it's own head.  The beetle got away, but nothing would surprise me after that, where lizard diets are concerned.
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Re: Do lizards eat bees?
« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2014, 10:24:09 am »
I never thought of that.  We have tons of lizards around the house.  Some have gotten huge the last few years.  I wonder if that is why...
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Re: Do lizards eat bees?
« Reply #4 on: June 12, 2014, 01:51:50 pm »
Beer-  Too funny! maybe it's time to do some lizard game managment  :D  but that would be hard for me to do, I love the lizards, they keep the black widows under control.
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Re: Do lizards eat bees?
« Reply #5 on: June 12, 2014, 11:04:14 pm »
I believe this fella eats 3 squares per day!  He is always under my hives!   :D







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Re: Do lizards eat bees?
« Reply #6 on: June 12, 2014, 11:14:53 pm »
I do believe that is an allegator lizard, Nice!

This is my skink, he/she sure keeps my yard clean of webs and unwanted scary looking things ~


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Re: Do lizards eat bees?
« Reply #7 on: June 13, 2014, 08:45:50 am »
We have lizards galore.  I didn't realize they ate spiders.  Actually, I never thought about a lizard's appetite.  A black widow spider bit me on my left thumb some years back.  I got immediate medical attention, and there were no lasting side effects.  I sure did turn my thumb BLACK.  Like someone said, I don't believe they would eat enough bees to harm the bee colony.  Like Clint Eastwood said in the Outlaw Josey Well's "everything's gotta eat."
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