Comments on: How to Attract Hummingbirds http://www.gifttree.com/gifts-blog/how-to-attract-hummingbirds.html Fri, 26 Apr 2013 04:45:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: Zoe Ann Hinds http://www.gifttree.com/gifts-blog/how-to-attract-hummingbirds.html/comment-page-1#comment-67 Zoe Ann Hinds Tue, 15 Apr 2008 19:21:33 +0000 http://www.gifttree.com/gifts-blog/2008/04/14/how-to-attract-hummingbirds/#comment-67 I enjoyed your post. Here is the recipe to make your own nectar solution as well as some other information you may find useful. Hope this helps. To make your own nectar solution, use 1 part white granulated cane sugar to 4 parts water. If you choose to make your own homemade nectar solution, you need to bring this solution to a boil for 1 1/2 minutes and then let it cool down. You now have a mixture much more similar to that of the flower nectar. If you would like much more information about hummingbirds, please click the link below. The site contains many articles about hummingbirds, video clips about hummingbirds, an informative tips booklet on hummingbirds, and much more. <a href="http://www.abouthummingbirds.com" rel="nofollow">Click Here To Visit About Hummingbirds</a> Happy hummingbird watching everyone! Nectar solutions should be changed every three to five days, because hot weather can cause rapid bacterial growth. It is not necessary to add food coloring, especially if the feeder has a red blossom at the feeding point. Red food coloring is unhealthy for hummingbirds. Honey should not be used to feed hummingbirds because it attracts bees and favors the growth of a black fungus that causes a fatal liver and tongue disease in hummingbirds. I enjoyed your post. Here is the recipe to make your own nectar solution as well as some other information you may find useful. Hope this helps.

To make your own nectar solution, use 1 part white granulated cane sugar to 4 parts water.

If you choose to make your own homemade nectar solution, you need to bring this solution to a boil for 1 1/2 minutes and then let it cool down. You now have a mixture much more similar to that of the flower nectar.

If you would like much more information about hummingbirds, please click the link below. The site contains many articles about hummingbirds, video clips about hummingbirds, an informative tips booklet on hummingbirds, and much more.

Click Here To Visit About Hummingbirds

Happy hummingbird watching everyone!

Nectar solutions should be changed every three to five days, because hot weather can cause rapid bacterial growth.

It is not necessary to add food coloring, especially if the feeder has a red blossom at the feeding point.

Red food coloring is unhealthy for hummingbirds.

Honey should not be used to feed hummingbirds because it attracts bees and favors the growth of a black fungus that causes a fatal liver and tongue disease in hummingbirds.

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