How do I use the ant moat in a hummingbird feeder?

I have a little moat on my hummingbird feeder that is called the ant moat. How does it work? Am I supposed to pour something in it?
Water evaporates fast? Is there something else that I can put in there?

You can buy a product called "Tanglefoot" at plant nurseries – it’s really sticky stuff that ants will get stuck on. If you put some of that in the bottom of your ant moat, and install it upside down, you won’t have the evaporation problem and birds won’t get stuck on it.

It’s tempting to fill it with oil or something, but don’t do it, because birds sometimes try drinking out of the moat.

Random Posts:

• How can I keep the yellowjackets from gathering around my hummingbird feeder?The yellowjackets are so thick around the hummingbird feeder that the birds can’t get in to drink. Also since it is in my back yard the yellowjackets think they own the place and I couldn’t eat anything out there anymore. Please send suggestions! Thanks! Answer: get a HummZinger Ultra feeder Before
• How can I kill ants by my hummingbird feeder without harming the birds?I have a hummingbird feeder, and ants have just discovered it. I want some way to kill them without any risk of harming the birds – Trying to avoid an ant maybe dragging a little poison on the feeder, the birds attracted to the poison, etc. Ant guards are available that you can hang your feeder from
• can you hang a hummingbird feeder next to a regular bird feeder?Have 7′ sheppards hook with 2 hooks. I want to hang my regular bird feeder on 1 side and my hummingbird feeder on the other side. Is this a good idea. Will i still get birds? I have suet feeder with my hummingbird feeder hanging just about 7 feet away and I get birds coming to both that do not seem