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She enjoys gardening for fun and for the birds, playing with the kids, reading, and promoting other mom businesses. Judi Cox is a work at home mom living in the Ohio Valley with her husband and 4 children. Note: however, I have had more than one at a feeder at time with no ill-will directed towards each other.

They are territorial birds, so place feeders out of the line of sight of each other. More than one feeder, placed strategically around the yard, will encourage more hummingbirds to visit at a time. Cleaning with a solution of vinegar and hot water is good. Make sure bird feeders are cleaned every few days to a week to prevent any ickies. If the juice in the feeder(s) becomes cloudy, or mucky, empty, clean and refill. Once it is frozen, it would break up easily to place into the feeder. I may try this by putting it in a freezer bag and freezing flat. Another idea I recently read is to freeze the extra. Tip: I use a Rubbermaid container or a clean milk carton, clearly marked, to store my hummingbird juice in the refrigerator. The Bee Hummingbird is the smallest hummingbird in the world at 2 long, weighing 1/15 of an ounce Pick up some Domino Granulated Pure Cane Sugar, put up your feeder and make some feathered friends this summer. I store all varieties of my wild bird (Orioles, Hummingbirds, Butterflies, etc) “juice” up to two weeks in the fridge, but generally need to make it more often than that. A hummingbird’s tongue is roughly twice the length of its beak and licks nectar up to 13 times per second when feeding. Honey will quickly ferment becoming poisonous to the birds. There is no need to add anything extra to the mixture, i.e. I fill my clean feeders and set them aside to cool and let the rest cool a bit before storing in the fridge. Put the water in a microwave safe container and heat to boiling point. Refrigerate in a designated hummingbird feeder pitcher. You only need water and white sugar – super simple and easy to make.ġ part regular white sugar to 4 parts water.Ĥ.

Use the same basic, refined white sugar you put in your coffee or cake recipe. Instead, make your with this simple hummingbird nectar recipe. You can buy hummingbird nectar at a local store or order it online, but it is fabulously easy and inexpensive to make the nectar yourself, and doing so will not require much more time than ordering it anyway. No need to buy the powdered Hummingbird Nectar mix from the store for this rewarding hobby.