Last night I went to clean all my hummingbird feeders and refill and I found one that had a ring of about 8-10 medium size ants (@ 1/4" long)
circiled around the hole like they were protecting the food source until there breathern came back.
They would not leave the hole even as I carried them into the house and flushed them down the drain with hot water ????????
2006-06-28 12:03:23 · 2 answers · asked by Dean F 1 in Pets ➔ Birds
Some ants are attracted to sugar. I know you can put Vaseline on the pole that you hang your feeder on to keep them out. I have to wash my feeder a lot to keep the ants off, and reapply the Vaseline about once a week.
2006-06-28 12:17:54 · answer #1 · answered by eva diane 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The hummingbird food has a lot of sugar in it. The ants LOVE sugar. They were just trying to get a sugary snack.
2006-06-28 12:16:23 · answer #2 · answered by horselover 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋