ants in my hummingbird feeders

[Big pig]

How do I keep them out
Feeders are suspended by little wire
Stands about 3 foot tall
Terrible drought here in brown co has everything hungry

Poison around base?
My dad put diesel on the hanging string?


BP

[Polaris700]

Put grease on the wire to prevent them from climbing down on it.

[eastxhunter]

I sprayed the raid ant/roach killer / preventative at the hanger and where it attaches to the fence and have had luck

[jerp]

Mine hang on a "shepard's hook" and I was having the same problem. I sprayed Ortho Home Defense on the ground for about two feet around the base and it has solved the problem

[Gunnyart]

Good suggestions. My hummingbirds didn't show up this year.

[bigchiefj]

Search the internet for a hummingbird ant bell or guard. You hang the feeder from it. The bell has a pesticide disc to repel the ants and not harm the hummingbirds.

[Rush2Judge]

Mine hang on a "shepard's hook" and I was having the same problem. I sprayed Ortho Home Defense on the ground for about two feet around the base and it has solved the problem

I use the same stuff. Ours hangs from a tree and I just spray the tree for about a foot in each direction from where the hook attaches to the tree. This seems to work really well.

[Roy D Mercer]

https://www.amazon.com/Aspects-ASP143-HummZinger-Hanging-Hummingbird/dp/B07MJZ5YLM/ref=asc_df_B000FJTXRC/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=167141503333&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=7474648462025047402&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9027505&hvtargid=pla-276197790135&th=1

I gave up and went with the moat style feeder. No bees or ants

[RattlesnakeDan]

I spray demon around the hook I have them hanging on. The Hummingbirds do not like those ants...they will not stay long at a feeder with the ants there.

[darralld]

Get a cap off a paint spray can & put a small hole through it. Run a coat hanger through it and bend a hook on each end. Put some silicone around the hole on both sides & let it dry. Hang it & fill the lid with water. Hang the feeder below it. Super easy & works.

[mmurphey]

We started getting ants in our humming bird feeders a couple of weeks ago. Sprayed the bottoms of our deck poles with permethrin and the ants are gone.

[sandbill]

We coated the base of our shepard's hook with a gooey insect stopper called 'Tanglefoot'. It works. We previously had ants in the feeder problems as well.

https://www.tanglefoot.com/products/insect-control/tree-tanglefoot-insect-barrier

[Phillip Fields]

I hung mine with thin monofilament fishing line instead of wire. No ants.

[Big pig]

Thanks guys
I spread poison around the bottom of the post and then put an ant poison “feeder” nearby

Poor birds and ants are starving. Zero rain for a month.

BP

[Burnadell]

The moat-type ant trap is what we use: https://www.amazon.com/Hummingbird-F...a-877260267277