Hello Everyone,
I have three hives, and was looking at putting up a 'bat house', for mosquito control (as well as being a conversation piece...). The ideal location for the 'bat house' is about 100 yards from my three hives...
Do bees and bats get along together?
Do bats consider bees a "delicacy" (or perhaps a 'constant source of protein'..)
Has anyone had a good/bad experience, with what I am proposing to do?
Thanking you in Advance, and I hope everyone is enjoying their summers...
binglis
Do you want to be referred to by neighboring folks as beeman or batman, that is the question, decisions, decisions. :-D
don't bats forage at night?
Bats are night owls, night birds, I mean night mammals, they are mammals right? Yeah, I think they are.
Binglis,
Honeybees and Bats operate sorties on different shifts. Put 'em up :-D
i have lots of bats. they do not bother the bees. bees are tucked in for the nite by the time bats feed. swallows.....now that's another problem!
Blinglis...bring on the bats!!!! Bats are wonderful, they do wonderful things in the night time. Bats forage at night, bees forage during the daylight hours, harmony within nature. Have a wonderful day, great life. Cindi
Warm days in winter bring the Bats out, as well as the Bees, that would be about the only time there would be a conflict.
Both survive next to eachother - no problem. You'll also find quite a drop in the mesquito problem. The only thing I've noticed bats do not like gunfire. :-*