Nests are generally used only for a single season and are rarely used twice by the bee-eaters, but abandoned nests may be used by other birds, snakes and bats as shelter and breeding sites.
Gnijezda se uglavnom koriste samo tijekom jedne sezone i rijetko ih se koristi dvaput, ali napuštena gnijezda pčelarica mogu koristiti mnoge ptice, zmije i netopiri kao sklonište i mjesta za razmnožavanje.