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How to Maintain Your Bat House

Tips for Maintaining You Bat House Airtight seams. Inspect the bat house interior using a spotlight. If bats are present, wait until later in the season to do routine maintenance. Once...

Mounting a Bat House on a Post vs. a Building

Pros and Cons of Mounting a Bat House on a Building vs. a Pole Mounting your new bat house directly on a structure where bats are being evicted will almost...

What Color Should I Paint My Bat House?

This is a guide to what color to paint your house, the majority of the country medium brown should work, or black. Its actually easier to fix a bat house...

Pesticide Addiction: How Bats Can Help

By Merlin Tuttle Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation Threats of Pesticide Addiction — Following World War II, many farmers suddenly turned to DDT, the first modern pesticide. With great fanfare, it...

How to Mount a Bat House on Stonework

Deciding where to locate a bat house can be quite the feat, especially for new or prospective bat house owners. Even with the number of available resources detailing the criteria...

How to Install a Super Rocket Roost

In the following article, we’ll take you through a step-by-step guide to installing one of BCM’s Super Rocket Roost bat houses. If you are a new or prospective owner of...

How to Install a Bat House

So you decided to install your bat house on a wooden post? Great! Using a post is one of the most effective ways to meet all the recommended criteria for...

Bats and Mosquito Control

By Merlin Tuttle Merlin Tuttle's Bat Conservation The arrival of Zika virus in America has triggered widespread alarm and a search for mosquito control remedies. It is carried by mosquitoes...

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