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Marthe48

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9. I knew there was something

Reply to efhmc (Reply #8)

Mon Sep 22, 2025, 12:57 PM

Sep 22

My husband hung feeders when he was alive. He got a moat and it did a good job with the ants. I forgot about that. I continued for awhile after he passed away, but wasn't getting any customers I learned that my neighbors had several feeders and a large bed of cannas, so I stopped for awhile.

Thanks for the reminder!

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Well they're gone....my hummers, all I have now are the damn bees. [View all] a kennedy Sep 22 OP

There usually are stragglers, the vulnerable ones and the late nestlings ... Donkees Sep 22 #1

Yellow flowers on the hummingbird feeders attract bees and wasps. nature-lover Sep 22 #2

I still have my feeder up for stragglers. The locals have been gone for 2 weeks, but I still see one nearly every day. patphil Sep 22 #3

Yah, my week or so straggler hasn't been here now since yesterday. It was always here early in the morning. a kennedy Sep 22 #5

I have more trouble with sugar ants Marthe48 Sep 22 #4

Ant moats work well. efhmc Sep 22 #8

I knew there was something Marthe48 Sep 22 #9

Just met a male Hummingbird straggler a few minutes ago as I was watering, buzzed to say hello :) Donkees Sep 22 #6

Don't damn the Bees pleeze☺️ 1WorldHope Sep 22 #7