Hi Jassim I also have problems with bee eaters. We have two main culprits, the fork tailed dronga, which I think has a related species in your area and the european bee eaters - which are not too much of a problem but I gather can catch many drones and queens in drone congregation areas. For the drongas - a dronga will usually try to sit on a branch near the hive and take the bees as they flie in - it then removes the sting by wiping it on a branch and eats the bee - together with it's load of nectar and pollen. To discourage drongas place your main apiary in the open and then place a smaller apiary under some trees - the drongas will tend to focus on the ones under the trees and leave the others alone. I have now resorted to telling the kids in the area where I keep bees that I will give them R5 a dronga - when I go around they have lots of dried drongas and I buy them from them. It makes me feel bad though as I like to think of beekeeping as being eco sensitive. Drongas are also very difficult to catch or kill as they are intelligent and rapidly learn that humans are bad and to stay 100m away from any that happen to be nearby. They also learn very fast what a gun is - and stay far away from anybody who happens to have one on them. Keep well Garth Garth Cambray Camdini Apiaries 15 Park Road Grahamstown Apis mellifera capensis 6139 South Africa Time = Honey If you are not living on the edge you are taking up too much space!!