I've used ant moats. You should be able to buy them at any birding supply
store. An ant moat is a cup with hooks above and below. Your feeder hangs
from the bottom hook. When you fill the cup with water, the ants have to
cross the water to reach your feeder. Works like a charm.
Gene Bullock
Poulsbo
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Richards & Ann Musche'" <mrm at willapabay.org>
To: <tweeters at u.washington.edu>
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2006 11:32 AM
Subject: [Tweeters] Ants at hummingbird feeders: any effective repellants?


> Hello All,
>
> We have several hummingbird feeders, tacked up with nails to various beams
> around the outside porch areas of our house. We find that after a short
> time, sometimes just days, ants find the feeders, dive in to the enclosed
> sugar water, commit ant-suicide, and then the hummingbirds are,
> understandably, no longer interested.
>
> Has anyone out there found a way to repel these unwelcome invaders?
>
> Feel free to answer off-list.
>
> Thanks for any info,
> Alan Richards / Naselle WA 98638 / mrm AT willapabay DOT org
>
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