There’s an abundance of information available about how to attract hummingbirds to your yard and feeders, but information about how to keep bees away from hummingbird feeders tends to be scarce. The ...

It makes sense that hummingbirds love hummingbird feeders. Unfortunately, so do bees. Luckily, these pollinator-friendly plants and flowers can draw bees away.

With bright red and yellow signage, sugar-rich liquid, and no petals to navigate, they are the perfect feeding stop for bees.

Bees and hummingbirds are important garden pollinators attracted to the nectar in flowers and the sugar water in hummingbird feeders. While bees seldom harm hummingbirds, they can drain a feeder ...

One study published in 2019 found that most microbes in feeders are not dangerous to hummingbirds. And it’s unlikely that dirty feeders are causing population-wide declines of birds, said Don Powers, ...

But there’s one big, big, caveat here: If your feeder is dirty, it could be harming, or even killing, the hummers that visit it, turning the feeder from a lifeline into a trap.

Change the sugar water regularly, about twice a week in warm weather Clean the feeder about once a week using a white vinegar solution: 1 part white vinegar to 4 parts water.