Hummingbird Food Recipe

Want to make your own hummingbird food recipe? It's easy to do and all you need is white sugar and water.

You won't have to use red food coloring in the hummingbird food recipe. The only purpose of the food coloring is to attract hummingbirds and the red on your feeder will be enough to do that. Red food coloring is also thought to be harmful to the Hummingbirds, so not using it at all will be the best way to go.

The hummingbird food recipe is made up of 1 part white granulated table sugar and  4 parts of regular tap water. This 1 to 4 ratio of sugar to water will closely resemble the nectar that hummingbirds get from flower blossoms.

The hummingbird nectar recipe  starts by stirring the white granulated table sugar into the tap water in a pan on your stove while bringing the mixture to a boil. The importance of boiling the solution is to remove chlorine from the water and to kill any mold spores or any yeast spores that might be in the granulated sugar.

Continue boiling the hummingbird food recipe for two minutes and then take it off the heat to cool. You don't need to boil the nectar any longer than 2 minutes or you will boil away enough of the water to change the ratio of sugar to water. A higher sugar concentration resulting from boiling too long, will be more likely to attract insects.

When your homemade hummingbird food has cooled you can add it to your feeder. You can store any excess hummingbird food recipe in the refrigerator (for 7 - 8 days) and use it later.

Only put in as much hummingbird nectar as you need to feed the number of Hummingbirds you have using your feeder. It is not necessary to completely fill your feeder. You don't want to have a large amount left over to throw away when it comes time to change the Hummingbird nectar in your feeder.

Making your own Hummingbird food recipe is fun, saves you some money and is better for your hummingbirds than nectar that contains red food coloring.

Now that your hummingbird food recipe is done, you will need to get a feeder that is easy to take apart and clean, and one that will also protect your hummingbird food recipe from bees ants and wasps.

My favorite choice of hummingbird  feeders to use with the hummingbird food recipe is the HummZinger Ultra

 
Aspects 12oz Hummzinger Ultra With Nectar Guard

 It's only $28.18 and  has several features that  makes it well worth the price.

The HummZinger has patented Nectar guard tips which are flexible membranes attached to the feed ports that prohibit entry from flying insects, but allow Hummingbirds to feed as usual. The HummZinger also has a built in ant moat that will stop crawling insects from getting to the nectar. It also has raised flower ports that divert rain.

This mid-size nectar feeder has a 12 oz. capacity and can be hung or post mounted with hardware provided. It has four feeding ports for hummingbirds and is made of unbreakable polycarbonate. Easy to clean.

For ease of cleaning and protection from bees, wasps and ants, this feeder can't be beat.

If you already have a hummingbird feeder, and you want to protect it from ants and other crawling insects, the ant moat below will do the job.

Trap-It Ant Moat for Hummingbird Feeders, Red

Price: $5.99 Buy Now

Product Description

The first and still the best to protect your Hummingbird and Oriole feeder from ants and other crawling insects. Insert between hanger and feeder and fill with  water, providing a barrier to crawling pests. Red color to attract hummingbirds.

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