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ants on the hummer feeder



The little ant "traps" -- moats that hang above your feeder -- work great as
long as you keep water in them. The little guys don't seem to swim very
well.

Louise Barden
Charlotte, NC
O: 704-535-1005
Fax: 704-535-6385
louise@lbarden.com



----- Original Message -----
From: "Joshua Stuart Rose" <jsr6@duke.edu>
To: "Carolina Birds" <carolinabirds@duke.edu>
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 1:16 PM
Subject: ABA rankings; re: tips for beginners


> Hi C-birders,
>
> As the hummingbird visits to my feeder have picked up, I've been trying
> harder to keep ants out. The old trick of vaseline around the feeder post
> worked, for a while. Then the sun came up the next morning, and the post -
> which is black metal - heated up, and the vaseline melted off, and the
> ants came back. Might try putting the goop around the feeder hook rather
> than the post. My mother-in-law gave me her feeder (she *never* cleaned
> it), but I'm not seeing multiple hummers yet, so am sticking with just one
> for now.
> >
> Good birding,
>
> Josh
>
>
> Joshua S. Rose
> Duke University
> Department of Biology (Zoology, R.I.P.)
>
> jsr6@duke.edu
> http://www.duke.edu/~jsr6/
>