Re: ANTS ON HUMMINGBIRD FEEDERS
My feeder came with an "ant cup" with attaches at the top of the feeder
and you fill it up with water. It works, but only if you remember to
add more water each day.
Theresa
Marge Talt wrote:
>Well, Pam, I made a sticky trap circle that I put on the cord that
>holds the feeder, just above the feeder. Seems to have cut back
>significantly on the number who make it to the feeder. Used
>cardboard and sprayed it with tanglefoot. Made it sort of a cone
>shape with the wide end at the top as my ants travel down the cord
>from the fascia on the roof overhang from which the feeder hangs.
>Looks awful, stuck full of ants and dirt now, but....
>
>Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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>>From: Pam Evans <gardenqueen@gmail.com>
>>
>>Does anyone know how to keep ants off hummingbird feeders? Mine
>>
>>
>seem
>
>
>>especially bad this year!
>>TIA
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