Where is the best place to hang this house? I only have a couple trees in my yard and our house is too tall.
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I have one of those 'shepherds crooks' that people place hanging baskets on. I do have to say, you'll need to purchase the mason bee's, they wont naturally gravitate to the bee house (unless you're lucky)
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I put my Mason Bee house up about 6 feet off the ground in the shade of a tree and secured it to a branch towards the inside of the tree. Bees are thriving!
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Where in the house do you have it? Mine only climb on the one in the bedroom near the window even though I have a couple more similar ones in the house. Maybe try putting it in another spot?
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Yes we have ours hung by a tree. Just have to adjust it so its even. We used a nylon rope to extend the leads from the swing so its lower to the ground since the tree branch is higher up and a thicker limb.
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Mine is hanging from a long tree hook in the middle of the yard ( bluebirds like wide open spaces) I have tons of birdcam photos --really beautiful. The birds love it! at lease 5 ft off the ground so predators cannot get at them
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You need strong hooks that are well anchored to hang it from. I hung it on the swing set but I guess you could drill the hooks under a deck. Just be sure they won't come out if someone more than 50 pounds tries to swing on it.
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Hang it anywhere just add a chain or something similiar if you need to extend the length or can't fit the hook around the object you want to hang it on. I hung mine as is on a bird feeder pole.
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If at all possible hang it away from your deck. I have mine hung on a clothesline and is about 20 ft from my deck. That way it draws them away from your deck. If I were you early in the am or later at nite I would use like a shelac and spray all over that nest so they can't get out and then carefully remove it.
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I have a 14 ft and it hangs over. I just used zip ties to secure it. Looks great. No leaves anymore.
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Just a tip, I completely ditched the wooden rod (so I can't tell you how long it was....) and put 2 large S hooks on each of the top sides. This accomplishes the same thing. The swing sits high, and I thought of lowering it with chain or ropes, but my kids love it at that height. It hangs from a door frame in my house.
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it is easy to hang. you can use a tree branch, a nail. I hung it in the grape harbor at home. I also hung one up camping on the outhouse. Worked great.
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You could hang it from a swing set, though you might need to purchase some sort of hook attachment from a hardware store in orderfor the swing to attach to the swing set hooks. Just keep in mind the width of this swing since you will have side bars to consider on a swing set.
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I have it in the grass area in the yard. I used some long spikes to hold it down. The grass has grown around it now so its secure.
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I hung it from my pole system that is out in the open. It also does well on shepherds' crooks off a deck or similar. Try to keep it about 5 feet off the ground.
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we hung ours between two trees and had to buy some rope to do that. We went to home depot and bought 60 feet of rope so my husband could wrap it around the tree instead of having to put anchors into the tree.
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Yo may need to purchase a longer chain to wrap around your tree or drill/screw in your hooks into the tree. The problem you are facing is the right amount of distance between the trees for it to hang properly.
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It would be hard to hang because the roof is tin. I think it would be kind of heavy for a branch. We put ours on a tree stump and it looks great. It is a neat birdhouse.
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You could hang it outside I suppose, but it's old wood. You might want to weatherproof it somehow to protect it. I put a flower arrangement in mine, and it's hanging in my house. It looks really nice.