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From: jbm@safn2.UUCP (John McClatchey)
Newsgroups: rec.birds
Subject: Re: Burning Birding Questions
Summary: goo doesn't work
Message-ID: <1872@safn2.UUCP>
Date: 6 Jun 91 12:43:40 GMT
References: <1991Jun3.212337.2512@maverick.ksu.ksu.edu> <1613@geovision.gvc.com> <1991Jun5.225828.721@rmtc.Central.Sun.COM>
Organization: Southern Aluminum Finishing, Atlanta, GA
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> >>2.  How can I keep ants from emptying my hummingbird feeder every day?  
> 
> I have always hung mine from a hook or swivel mount, and put Vaseline
> on the wire. The ants can't cross the vaseline, though some seem to die
> trying. You have to replace the goo every several months or so, depending
> on the weather.

I have tried lots of vaseline, but the ants always make it through.  Perhaps
the vaseline is not so viscous in the summer down south.  I have hung the
feeder by a strip of fly paper.  That works for a while, but the stickum
hardens after a week.