The cat is trying to catch bumblebees....

[YoureAllABunchOfBastards]

What a bloody idiot.

Still, at least they are on the ground. Last weekend he was twenty feet up a tree 'playing' with the squirrels.

Nutcase.

I remember Twoago catching (and swallowing whole) a live bluebottle - which stayed buzzing in his throat for about 25 minutes. He sat very still and the look on his face was comical. (If only I'd had a digital camera in those days.)

Unfortunately catching bees is extremely dangerous. If the bee stings them in the throat the throat can swell and cut off the airway in a matter of minutes. Many cats die this way.

I don't know what you can do to dissuade them though.

I've never found a way. Luckily, most cats seem to ignore them although they'll go for eg bluebottles and Daddy Longlegs.

As DH pointed out, it explains why we found a bedraggled and pissed off bumblebee in the toilet yesterday. Clearly hiding from the cat.

He is still a youngster - not a year old yet - and a fecking law unto himself.

Have you seen them trying to eat wasps?

Catch wasp
Pick wasp up in mouth
Drop wasp

Pick wasp up in mouth
Drop wasp

Pick wasp up in mouth......

Dcat managed to catch a bee when young - emergency vet was very expensive. She still watches them and doesn't seem to have learnt much from it despite her now being 13.

Mine is too! I think Spring is sending him crazy... He is also incredibly greedy so when I was out in the garden eating lunch yesterday you could see him going "sandwich...bumblebee...sandwich...bumblebee!"