by Medusa
Hmm, that is odd. I have only two hummingbirds that come around that I can see and I refill the feeder twice a week, which I thought was a lot. Usually I refill it once a month, if that.
If i had only a couple of hummers that I could see I'm sure I could get to twice a week on refill. Last year when they were at their peak I could see 12-15 flying and others in the dogwoods resting. They say that your population is 4 times what you can normally count. Right now I'm not filling my feeders up all the way. I want to keep fresh in so I am limiting the amount until the
population gets to what it was by mid August last year. At my peak last year I was going through 4 cups of feed a day. The 4 cups being my standard 3
to 1 mix.

I would never let my feed hang for over a week here because in our August heat it will ferment or go rancid. I had an apartment neighbor years ago that had intoxicated hummers from not changing the feed enough. I found one of the birds laying in a flower bed knocked out.

By Gini
I had an ant problem big time. My feeder hangs from a bracket that is attached to the eaves of the house.

I used vaseline on the bracket starting from where it is attached to the wall and was liberal with smearing it on.

It has stopped the ants so you might try it.
Thanks for the vaseline suggestion. I will give it a try. I have another feeder
that I hadn't put out because of the ants. I will give the vaseline the test
on this one.