How can I keep the wasps from my hummingbird feeder?

Hummingbird Feeder is a great way to attract hummingbirds to the yard, but the wasps can also be attracted by sweet nectar. There are several things you can do to keep your hummingbird without freedom. Red feeders often come with yellow plastic petals for drinking. Yellow is only here to make the collector of hummingbirds more attractive to buyers, not for hummers. Try to paint red petals, but be careful not to get too close or inside a drinking hole where Hummer's beak could scratch paint flakes into the nectar. Before hanging the collector of the hummingbirds, make sure the color is dry. This type of hummingbird feeder naturally discourages from wasps and bees that could feel nectar, but soon leave ThP -attempt to try.

In other cases, people have found that the easiest way to deal with wasps and bees at the collector of hummingbirds is to give them your own"Feeder" with super saturated sugar water. It can be something as simple as a shallow board. Hummingbird Nectar is mixed like a 4: 1 solution, so make sure the nectar of the wasps is much sweeter. Move the wasp plate from the feeder every day on the leg until it is far from a good distance. The insects will be gravitated with a sugar -rich board and leaves the hummingbed feeder to hummers.

The other solution that works for some is simply to move the hummingbird as soon as the wasps discovered. Hummers find a feeder, even if it is a few meters away, but the wasps and bees last for a while before they catch. If yes, you can move the feeder again. This solution will not work for window feeders, but can work behind the courtyard.

Finally, some people recommend using a small dlab of castor oil on petals or a tube surrounding a drinking hole. Insects are reluctant to stand on some surfaces and will be discouraged from the feeder. However, do not get oil into the beverage hole or close. Wasp attitudeY or bees is such that the oil in the hole is not necessary and you want to avoid contamination of nectar or create a situation where Hummers get oil on yourself or on your beaks. Note that the oil will run warm, so apply very carefully - just a thin, small paint with your finger.