Keeping bees and wasps from invading areas around feeders is a bit more tricky. Nobody on earth is more frightened of these two "pests" than I am! One thing you can do is "trick" them by moving the feeders to a different spot. If they can't readily find the feeder the next time they're out and about, they'll usually move on as well. But the hummers will still keep coming back!
If you have any favorite hummingbird feeding tips you'd like to pass on to our readers, do feel free to start or join in a discussion below!
And, until next time . . . keep those hummers humming and those flying flowers flying!
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Mar 29, 1999 8:12 PM
You're way ahead of me with the flowers -- but I do have my feeder out there. I'm just wondering if hummers like "iced nectar!" Anybody care to answer this curious question for me?
Sounds like ...
-- posted by Naomi_Mathews
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Mar 29, 1999 7:56 PM
Hi Anne! Nice to have you stop by, and a great question, too. It probably won't do a bit of harm to hang a "temp" feeder in my opinion. If you find hummers in different areas wherever you happen to be ...
-- posted by Naomi_Mathews
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Mar 29, 1999 3:27 PM
We are gong to be out and about in our RV a good deal of this coming summer. Could we hang a feeder out when we will only be in the area for a week or less or would it just confuse the birds? I thin ...
-- posted by annej
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Mar 29, 1999 10:35 AM
Hi. I'm putting up the hanger for my hummer feeder today - decided on the easy way out and put it on the end of the house ~ clank, bang OK! But probably won't put the feeder up for a couple more days ...
-- posted by Sarah_Sunn
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Mar 27, 1999 9:41 PM
I think i will hang the feeders up during the week after Easter, and i will have the digital camera readied for it... Gotta get all the discs ready for the spring..so i can just keep popping them in ...
-- posted by terri_in_pa
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