I love skinks... There is a particularly lovely one called the 5 Lined Skink. The juveniles have a blue tail. I had a friend whose cats would eat them, and then get really stoned. There is apparently something in their skin that acts as a weird dope, at least for cats. I have never tried eating one.
They will eat ants, crickets, beetles, wax moths and beetle larva and if they get the opportunity they will probably eat a bee or two. I doubt he could put a hurting on a beehive. I would consider it beneficial fauna... outside the hive. I wouldn't want one inside the hive per-se. But I would certainly not bother the skinks or anoles here.
