I have so far received replies from fortunate hummer feeders living in

Federal Way - 3 separate responses
"Seattle" -2 responses
and the rest - on response, but some have multiple birds
Bellevue -1
Normandy Park -1
Burien -1
Edmonds -1
plus one response that was inadvertently deleted.
One thread that has come up is the tendency to "boost" the sugar content of
the solution during cold weather. More sugar makes the solution less likely
to freeze and some feeders are making the ratio (instead of the usual 1
sugar:4 water) more like 1:2.
Are there any sources of data that would indicate that this is not a good idea?
I am also remembering a report from last summer that a feeder was using
Cane sugar rather than beet sugar, as her hummers seemed to prefer the
cane. Anyone else notice a preference?
(Safeway has a two for one on bags of sugar this week, but the label doesn't
give the source - it's just " SUGAR")

Clarice Clark
Puyallup, WA. 98371
mailto:jbroadus at seanet.com