Bee-eaters

[I had to put something together to show my developmental students how to use MLA format; I did the works cited page first, which probably wasn't a good idea. I decided it wasn't enough to show them how do ormat the works cited page, that I also needed to add some meat to the first page, which was going to include just a heading and a page number. This is what I came up with. It's not great writing, but maybe -- like me -- you'll learn something new. I didn't know there were birds that ate bees, or that they are so pretty. And, darn it, on my actual copy, the first paragraph is indented. I can't make that happen here.]

Have you ever had an overwhelming desire to eat a bee? One bird family survives by eating a variety of bees. The family is called Merops Apiaster and is more commonly referred to as the European Bee-eater. This name isn’t entirely accurate, as the bee is known to breed in parts of Africa and Asia, as well as in Europe. The species’ favorites meals consist of hornets and wasps, but they will eat other insects if their first choices are not available. When discovered, all Bee Eaters were considered to be in the same species; however, because of color variations and size differences, ornithologists now recognize at least twenty species of the family (Bee-eaters).

                The European Bee-eater differs in appearance from his African and Asian cousins. His colors are more subdued, while the African and Asian Bee-eaters’ colors tend to be much brighter.