A fat bat almost landed on my hat hi my name is Aaron Durr Burger 😊

Any info on southern Baja? It’s extreme varied temperatures here. Summer is brutal.. any advice greatly appreciated!🙏🏽😇

Well communicated!! I hope they become trendy and everyone gets one lol

Good information. One question?? Why do the commercially purchased bat houses have to b so darn expensive??

You're all into attracting bats until you find one in your bedroom. I'm sorry but it's survival at that point.

I heard it takes up to 2 yrs for bats to find the bat house and sometimes they don't find them so there more for decoration ?

How big should the entry area be?

lol... dust?? dang bats in the barn poopin sticky bat poo, sticks to everything, 😅friends come over snd go crazy over the stuff, they scrape the boards that i put over everything😅i sshould go in the bat poo business

Why don't the bats eat the wadp?

Thank you for adding this!

I am sixs blocks from a river and 8 city blocks from 4 lakes. there is a colony in the attic . I keep bee's , I feed birds and have a running bird foutain. I am placing a large bat box on the second story south side of my home.

Thank you , the house we bought has a bat coloney in the attic, I bought a large bat box . I don't want to oust these bats but I want to redirect them and give them a better option. I love bats they eat they're weight in bugs every night ....a large amount of those bugs are mosqito's. I have always lived with bats around I love them.

Dear God! These are over $200!!!?!? Why?? It’s a wooden box!! That’s crazy man, my $30 one from Amazon has served me well for years now. Wow.

Where do I get the bat?

Guano is a chief resource of the Wachati.

Is there a healthy or unhealthy population level for Bats? Can I attract enough Bats to be harmful to other animals that rely on Insects?

Great video. I was asked to make a few bat houses for a friend and was curious about style and sizing. I also liked your cleat mounting system.... nice idea.

My mom sent me this

If your a farmer you deal either all kinda of poop 💩 NO BIG DEAL

Just read his book ❤

NERDY BAT LADY??? You should rename yourself "The Bat Babe"! What an extremely attractive young lady!!! GREAT video, Dr. Tuttle is AMAZING. LOVED him on the JRE! I learned a lot about bat houses and will definitely check out your site for some. KEEP UP THE GREAT WORK!

Can bats be moved? Can I call a pest control company and ask them if I can get the bats during a removal? I want to line the entire eaves of my barn , all around the entire building, with built in bat houses.

Thank you for this. It was very informative. I'm starting in beekeeping, and the wax moths and hive beetles that can infest bee hives are nocturanl flying insects that can cause issues for the bees. There really isnt a whole lot of options for controlling them effectively, that won't cause some degree of harm or issue for the bees themselves. Most forms of control are things like oil traps, swiffer sheets, mint candies, etc. All reactive measures rather than proactive measures to prevent them from growing to the point of becoming a problem, or to reduce the numbers before they gain entrance. A strong colony can manage them on their own, but a weaker or newer colony, or a colony with a heavy infestation, are typically at the greatest risk of being wiped out. I'm rather surprised that I wasnt able to find any information/study on the potential symbiotic relationship between bees and bats. Bats are a flying, forest dwelling isectivorous mammal. While bees are a diurnal forest dwelling insect that suffers from insects that are nocturnal. Both are social creatures that seem to prefer a small colony, in most cases; as opposed to a solitary lifestyle with only 1 bat per nest site. And their habitat preferences are almost identical in the various ecosystems they inhabit. Over the years I've noticed a reduction in bat populations, or at least how often I'm able to see any. And can't help but wonder if the prevalence of 4G, 5G, WiFi, cell towers and other forms of UHF/VHF radio frequencies and forms of EMF might be having an effect on both populations of bees and bats. Or if it's more a case of habitat loss (less wildflowers/"weeds" and more HOA picture perfect lawns), insecticides, herbicides, pesticides, etc. A reduction in conducive habitats and diversity in plant life, which reduces diversity in insect life, can have a "trickle UP effect that impacts the density and diversity of larger species on up the food chain. In any regard... getting into beekeeping; I'm interested in possibly improving the ecosystem in other ways. Such as measures to foster native bees and butterflies, hornets/wasps, birds, owels, etc So I've been considering making bat boxes out of pallets to put up. My question being... would thicker outter walls, such as 2 or 4 inch, be better or worse? seeing that it acts as an insulator and heat sink, to provide more stable temperatures, would hold in the bats body heat, absorb more heat during the day, radiate or help stablize night time and winter temperatures, etc. My limited understanding would be that the better insulation and ability for it to act as a heat sink would be better. But it may have an opposite effect; if the batts body heat wouldn't be enough to heat the space.

I live next to the ocean. So I have a constant breeze. I also have many street lights. Do bats like the ocean?

Bats don’t like cedar smell ?

cheers for your work :)

How about viral diseases? Isn’t guano how COVID-19 finally spread to humans? What are the risks of viral diseases that can be spread to humans in gardening with guano based fertilizer?

Anyone who thinks bats should be protected has never had bats in their house.

How well do these work in the North East? We have mid and often harsh winters

In Australia there is danger of alyssa virus (a relative of rabies), and horses are at risk of contracting Hendra virus from bats, so it would pay to be careful around bats, particularly in the Northern states of Australia

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We generally hit rock within inches of starting to dig. Any recommendations other than mounting it on a building instead?

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Do bats (esp. in the Calif Sierras) prefer or are adverse to burn't wood? Possibly more nutrients available? I'm hoping to procure some Jeffery Pine siding to make a few bat houses. Attached to my house (at 4200' High Sierra Desert) the bats will have a warm place in the winter. Great video, thanks!

Here in Iowa I have a 55 ft tall concrete silo on my farm property, this silo has the rebar hopps that surround the silo I've installed two bat houses last week...

I have an old wooden shed.Inside is stacked a 4 ft x 8 ft x 4 ft stack of old ruff cut lumber covered with an old tarp. It is home to hundreds of bats.

I plan to put a bat house over my compost pile. Shouldn't be any worry of pathogens, and my garden will love it.

How much of a risk is a woodpecker bothering a bat house? Is the prevention something recommended to do from the start if you have woodpeckers visit your yard or only if they start to cause a problem? Will they go for a bat house over nearby trees?

Witam, mam pytanie, jaka ma być szeroka szczelina między deskami aby była wygodna dla nietoperza?

What exterior water based food safe stain do you recommend?

I see the one painted like an American flag. Doesn't the bat house need to be painted dark? Is natural wood color dark enough? Just learning about it here...

I have a bunch of tongue and groove boards i just found, so I was looking for plans. Glad I found this tho so I can see that how big I make it matters. Thank you.

Watching from canada and wondering about the whitenose fungus in bats spreading

Hi y'all great video. I am located in Northern Kentucky. I was wondering what is the best size gap between the baffles of the roost for the big brown bats. Three quarters of an inch or bump it up to an inch?? Oh and I can confirm a maternity colony near me. Well I always see them around a few houses down. Noticing the group getting bigger and seeing new pups on the wing.😊

This channel needs more attention

I’m glad this solution doesn’t harm the wasps. I like them too.

I think our bat house is too small. I’ll have to replace it.

Do bats eat the mosquito that causes the dingea virus

I've found bats hibernating in my wood piles in the dead of winter, in Michigan.