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Keeping Ants Off Hummingbird Feeder
The best way to keep ants out of your hummingbird feeder is to use an ant moat. The same sugar water solution that you use to attract hummingbirds will also be attractive to ants. And it doesn’t take long for the ants to find your feeder once it is hung.
A lot of feeders will drip and the ants soon detect the dripping nectar. Using a drip-less hummingbird feeder will help keep the ants from finding your feeder in the first place. Once they have found it you will have to resort to using an ant moat to keep them away.
Ants in your hummingbird feeder can be real annoying and when they die and their bodies decompose they will contaminate your hummingbird nectar.
An ant moat is basically a cup that is filled with water and hung between the hangar and the feeder. Because ants can’t swim, the water will form a barrier and keep the ants from reaching your feeder. The better hummingbird feeders will have an ant moat built right into the feeder. This is the best way to go but if you already have a feeder you can keep the ants out with an ant moat also.
Below is an inexpensive ant moat that will keep the ants away from your hummingbird feeder.
Trap-It Ant Moat for Hummingbird Feeders, Red
Price: $5.99 Buy Now
Product Description
The first and still the best ant moat to protect your Hummingbird and Oriole feeder from ants and other crawling insects. Insert the ant moat between hanger and feeder and fill with water, providing a barrier to crawling pests. Red color to attract hummingbirds.
Here is the best way to keep bees from hummingbird feeder and to ant proof hummingbird feeder….. buy the ant moat feeder below:
Aspects 12oz Humzinger Ultra With Nectar Guard It’s only $28.18 and has an ant moat and several other great features that makes it well worth the price.
The Humzinger has patented Nectar guard tips which are flexible membranes attached to the feed ports that prohibit entry from flying insects, but allow Hummingbirds to feed as usual.
The Humzinger also has a built in ant moat that will stop crawling insects from getting to the nectar. It also has raised flower ports that divert rain.
This mid-size nectar feeder has a 12 oz. capacity and can be hung or post mounted with hardware provided.
It has four feeding ports for hummingbirds and is made of unbreakable polycarbonate.
Cleaning hummingbird feeder: It will come apart in the middle giving you full access to the inside and no hidden surfaces that will be hard to clean. This would be my first choice in feeders. For ease of cleaning and protection from bees, wasps and ants, this feeder can’t be beat.
Order the Humzinger Ultra today and solve all of your feeder problems at the same time. Buy Now
Below is a hummingbird food recipe if you would like to make your own. The hummingbird food recipe is made up of 1 part white granulated table sugar and 4 parts of regular tap water.
This 1 to 4 ratio of sugar to water will closely resemble the nectar that hummingbirds get from flower blossoms.
The hummingbird food recipe starts by stirring the white granulated table sugar into the tap water in a pan on your stove while bringing the mixture to a boil. The importance of boiling the solution is to remove chlorine from the water and to kill any mold spores or any yeast spores that might be in the granulated sugar.
Continue boiling the hummingbird food for two minutes and then take it off the heat to cool. You don’t need to boil the nectar any longer than 2 minutes or you will boil away enough of the water to change the ratio of sugar to water. A higher sugar concentration resulting from boiling too long, will be more likely to attract insects.
When the nectar has cooled you can add it to your feeder. You can store any excess hummingbird food in the refrigerator (for 7 – 8 days) and use it later.
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