Ants..

[Harvey Mungaknuts]

How can I keep them off the hummingbird feeders   already have tehm suspended from out on tree braches by a piece if wire.

[dyna99]

I'll show you what we did...........never mind, I'll tell you instead.........lol

 

I got a cap off a can of paint or the likes.........the one that has a smaller area inside that fits around the nozzle, we put a hole in the middle of the cap and tied it to a string and filled the outer part with water and have not had any ants yet this year.....  

 

I'll get a picture in the morning to show ya.........thought I had one, let me look again!! lol

 

Found it and resized it.

[Shmoopie11]

Dyna...that is a GREAT idea!!!

[lavender]

If that doesn't work how about some sticky fly paper around the string?

[Harvey Mungaknuts]

thanks for both ideas   never even gave the fly paper a thought and the cap is a great idea.

[dyna99]

Well thanks for the thanks.......but they go to someone else on here that taught it to me!!! lol  

There was a thread last spring? about the same thing and I remember reading it and thought that was a good idea, so this spring when we put it up we have 2 now and 1 is done with the cap, and the other has a plastic pop bottle cut in half and siliconed upside down on the pole to the 2nd one, which is also filled with water......both work....