Introduction

People all over the world have discovered the benefits and wonder of using bat houses to attract bats to their own backyards. We hope you will join them by providing new homes for these gentle and fascinating mammals with a voracious appetite for troublesome insects.

BCI’s Bat House Project can help you select (or build) and install successful bat houses. We have analyzed more than 10 years of data from thousands of volunteer Research Associates to determine the most effective ways to attract bats to your bat house.

What we have learned from this extensive research is available in an easy-to-apply format in the Bat House Builder’s Handbook, which includes complete plans for three proven bat-house designs, and the Building Homes for Bats video. Both are available from our online catalog, as are a number of BCI-certified bat houses.

In addition, the following pdf documents will answer many of your basic questions:

Criteria for Successful Bat Houses (pdf)

Free single chamber bat house plan! (pdf)

Attracting Bats (pdf)