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List Price: $9.95 | | Publisher: Bat Conservation International
Salesrank: 69417
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| Our Price: $5.31 |
| Used Price: $8.28 |
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| Media: Paperback |
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Editorial Review:
Since 1994, The Bat House Builder's Handbook has been the definitive source for bat house information. This new edition has been completely revised to incorporate the latest research on improving the success rates for bat houses. It updates the original bat house plans and includes a new "rocket box" design, along with mounting suggestions, tips for experimentation, frequently asked bat house questions, and information about bats most likely to use bat houses.
The Bat House Builder's Handbook, Completely Revised and Updated Reviews:
A Great Starter for Natural Insect Control 
2009-07-14 - This book gives a great overview of bats, their habits, and how to provide effective dwellings for these voracious bug-eaters. Too many vampire movies have given bats a bad rap, but this book helps dispel the myths and reveals how beneficial these unusual mammals really are. Just knowing that one bat eats several hundred mosquitoes a night should get your attention! They also eat many other harmful insects and are definitely the gardeners' friends. The book contains plans for several types of houses and placement strategies for achieving the best success attracting these interesting and helpful critters.
You need to know a lot, but it's all here
2008-12-24 - After doing some research and reading this book, I discovered there is a lot to know to build a bat house that will actually appeal to bats. It turns out the most important factors are location, size and color. This book covers everything in great detail, based on research with thousands of bat house builders.
This book is published by the deans of bat conservancy, Bat Conservation International (batcon dot org). They know their stuff. There's a map showing what color you should paint your bat house, based on where you live in the USA (sorry, no international maps, but you can use the temperature guides to figure out what color if you don't live in the USA).
This book is large format, and very concise (35 pages, none wasted). The plans have actual cutting diagrams, to show you how to cut the lumber most efficiently. Highly recommended!
Bat Houses
2008-10-29 - This is a well written informative book. It contains great diagrahms and pictures, along with easy to read instructions. It also has many great facts and sourses.
Excellent reference material
2008-07-30 - For a small, pamphlet like publication this handbook packs a surprising amount of information about bats and bat houses. It has several very detailed plans for bat houses and accompanying materials list that simplify the purchasing process. Very happy with this purchase.
Bat House Builder's Handbook
2007-04-04 - My grand daughter's are anxious to get started building! I bought this and the Stokes Guide to Bats. They love the books. Easy to use and with a little help 8 & 10 years-old understand the blueprints.
