Re: ANTS ON HUMMINGBIRD FEEDERS

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• Subject: Re: [CHAT] ANTS ON HUMMINGBIRD FEEDERS
• From: Pam Evans g*@gmail.com
• Date: Sat, 11 Jun 2005 12:54:20 -0500
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No cup w/ mine.  Sounds like a great idea.  Marge, I think I'll give
your solution a try.  Should work - thanks!


On 6/11/05, Theresa <tchessie@comcast.net> wrote:
> 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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Kemp TX
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