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I found that if you hold a broom vertically, bristles up, near the ceiling they will eventually land on it and you can slowly walk out with them, after a few tries. This worked for two Hummers....
they say that the hummers are good luck if one comes into your home. One year I had the little bugger's fly into my house and back out for they were just wanting to see what the heck I was doing.
Another way to catch hummingbirds is to get a mist sprayer filled with water and just spray them as they hover. When they get wet, they will just slowly start to drop. You then just cup them in your hands and take them outdoors.
We have a pair of orioles that have figured out how to use one of our hummingbird feeders. They come every evening and the hummers scatter when they're around, except for a couple of braver ones that just hover a few feet away and glare at the orioles.
There are ant traps you can use with your Hummer feeder - they're like a little moat, you hang them from your hanger, and then hang the feeder from the ant trap. They work really well, but you have to keep them cleaned out, they get lots of dead ants and leaves and other **** in them and then they don't work as well.
As for the bees, I find that if I keep the feeder clean - squirt it with the hose every morning when I'm out watering my plants - that mostly keeps the bees away, but sometimes, as someone else here has said, you just need to back off and let them all work it out amongst themselves. They manage.
Loved the tips on how to get Hummers out of the house - wish some would come visit me!
I found that if you hold a broom vertically, bristles up, near the ceiling they will eventually land on it and you can slowly walk out with them, after a few tries. This worked for two Hummers....
for ants, just put a little vaseline at the top of the hanger.
no, do not use vaseline or any other petroleum products. No sprays, no chemicals, no powders, no seasonings, etc. Make an ant mote. You can youtube diy ant mote. Ants cant swim.
If the petroleum products get on the bird's feathers or wings, they cannot preen it off. Makes them too heavy to fly and leads to hypothermia and eventually a slow death.
The wasps were all over mine. I finally just took it down. Only saw one HB in the last couple months.
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