madgardener wrote:
"Richard Miller" wrote in message
news:ImY0f.391$fE5.193@fed1read06...
The so called nectar in a bird feeder: Isn't that just sugar
water? About a 4 to 1 ratio? Should you put red die in it? Is
it
ok to put it in the sun?

Richard
boil the water.....use two cups of fine white sugar to 4 cups
of
water, no food coloring necessairy. the hummer's will know
what
it is. yes, you can put it in the sun, but if it's hot, you
have
to make sure it doesn't turn or ferment. the hummer's get
drunk
and it's not good for them. (no, they don't pick fights and
try
to drive home......g) if it is hot, the sugar water will
turn,
so I'd just put half of the mixture in the feeder and the
rest in
a container in the fridge until you're ready to change it
again.
madgardener whose hummers seem to have gone to
Mexico..............

The ratio is 4 to 1.

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