Greetings, I have a wild bee hive in a hollow tree in my front yard. They have been there for years and I'm so delighted by their presence. I want to hang a bat box, unfortunately (maybe) the perfect location is in a tree about 50' from the bees, at about the same height as their hive, the bees and the bats facing each other.

I did a little research, there is not allot of concern regarding bats feeding on bees. A handful of bees might come and visit my poach light, but for the most part, they are not active when the bats are.

My concern is that bats tend to hibernate in hollow trees and caves. If I understand correctly, they often move into the bat boxes when active, but may choose another location to hibernate. I'm not a 100% sure about this, perhaps it depends on the specie. For that matter, I'm in the NC Piedmont region. My question is, will the bats try to evict the bees come winter or if their colony gets too big?