NO Ants on Hummingbird Feeder if you DO This * Easy DIY Ant Moat Deep Dish Water Bath for Container
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- Hummingbirds, How to STOP ants on your hummingbird feeder, things to be aware of when purchasing a hummingbird feeder, if the ant moat is not big enough for your climate or hot weather.
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The ants are there because they love the sugar water too, but you CAN keep them away, I have 1000's of hummingbirds here and they are the easiest to deal with to get rid of. Our ants do not swim....Hope none of the swimming ants from North Queensland followed Gary here, LOL.
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I created my own 'ant mote' with a plastic lid and did not use water, but cinnamon. Worked like a charm!!!! Ants do NOT like cinnamon.
Yes cinnamon! Much better than using water here in Middle GA. Using water motes = mosquito breeding.
Perfect thanks for sharing 😊❤️
@BarbKitts Awesome idea
@@Pamela-jr3ht absolutely a great idea!!!!! Same here in Florida with the mosquitoes
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Hi from down under. Yep, got a lot of ants here too. Actually I think they do the breaststroke around my house and I swear some of them are attempting the backstroke too. I think I may be in big trouble when they start diving from the wooden shelves where my small pots are. Guess they do deserve a gold medal for effort because they keep on marching with rubber boots on....
Thanks for the laugh this morning 😅
Haha... ants are the easiest problem to have! Love it.
We crown you the Garden Inventor of the Year. Love the humor, the creativity, passion.... help me folks I am out of words!
Thanks for sharing.
OMG 😊 thanks
Hello Robbie! Great video as always! I want to tell you how much you and your channel mean to me. You lift me above all the current misery drama going on in the world! I have learned so many useful things from you including gardening in storage totes in soil I create for myself! I just purchased a photo album to store my seeds in. A real space saver and no more seed packets spilling out! Thank you so much for 'being there.' Hugs to you and Gary, and keep on keeping on! God Bless!
OMG, this makes my day/week/year…😊thank you so much ❤️
Works perfectly! Made ant moats after watching your earlier video. First time hummingbird feeder person and had success! Thank you!
So glad I could help, sounds like you did a wonderful job! ❤️😊 thanks so much for sharing, enjoy
I got a couple of ant moats last year and they worked great.
Perfect ❤️
Had success with your moats and hanging feeders from super thin fishing line. Thanks so much!
Great to hear! Thanks!
Great ideas. I put a little Vaseline on the base of the feeder pole/hook never had an Ant problem again 👍
Perfect 👍
I did that and it didn’t work for me, I’ve got large ants, I don’t know how they get past the Vaseline but they do.
Hi Folks, please do not add grease on or near your feeders to deter ants. The hummingbirds might accidentally get the grease on their feathers, and they will not be able to fly properly. An ant moat with water is all you need.
What about cinnamon instead of water???
mine dont
I made these and they work great! I made sure the hole drilled was a tight fit for the wire to water cup, then glue-gunned the outside instead of inside surface of cup to water proof. Because small birds come and drink the water in this extremely hot weather, the glue doesn't come in direct contact with their water. TIP: clean the cup and refill with fresh water regularly. It's fun to see the little birdies come to my window to try to figure it out and then become regular customers. Thank you for your wonderful idea!
Your channel is the best! I now have bee proof ant proof feeders and I'm now enjoying the hummingbirds! Thank you!
Hi Robbie I just wanted to tell you how obsessed I am with watching your videos lol. I can sit here for hours and watch your videos. I learn so much and a lot of times I watch them over and over so I know I am following your directions, on how to make a certain water fountain any way I am new to this so I am sure once I get the concept .I will know exactly what I am doing. I know you are very busy with all you do so I won't go on and on . I just wanted to tell you how happy I am to have found your videos. Take care.
We hang out hummingbird feeders on a metal post lodged in the ground. The “shepherds hook” style of post. If you coat the base of the post - from the ground Len (on all sides of the post) up to about 6” with a layer of Vaseline the ants will either get stuck in the Vaseline or just slide down the slippery surface. It can cause some discoloring to the post but it does work
Hi Kurt, please do not grease your post with Vaseline. I've seen hummingbirds accidentally fly into the Vaseline and get it all over their wings. Hummingbirds can't fly properly once Vaseline is stuck on their feathers. It would be similar to a duck being covered in oil from an oil spill....
I did this, it didn’t work for me.
I need a soldering iron! I made one from your instructions and it sure solved my ant problem. Thank you for showing me how.
I made some of the holder’s you showed us how to make and it works like a charm! I did have problems with the flying sweat bees I think that’s what they are and they get in there and drown and float to the top of the hummingbird food. It i only happens on one of my feeders and I don’t know how to stop these sweat bees though
I did this from your earlier video. So cool. All I had was a clear plastic fruit cup but it worked! Thank you Robbie!
Sounds perfect ❤️ you are so welcome, thanks so much
Great ideas. Thank you, we had such a problem with ants and wasps we stop feeding the birds. These ideas will allow us to enjoy the birds next year. I also heard ground cinnamon helps too
Try different things to see what works for you so yes you can and will be feeding the birds when they come back, thanks 😊
Thank you for sharing, my first hummingbird feeder; help so much for information. Sincerely yours.
Great advice. My problem is wasps. How to keep them away
I have lots of videos on bees and wasps and I’ll get one that is just on that topic really soon, thanks ❤️🐝
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy I would appreciate that, too. Wasps and "sweat bees" were my big problem in the hummer feeders this year.
Funny, my ants must be able to swim as they are getting past the water filled moat and to the feeder
I'm amazed at all the hummingbirds at your feeders!!! I'd love this. I only get one and they seem very territorial.
Hi Robbie, I just saw a video, where they use fishing line to hang the feeders from and walla no ants. Just thought I would share! Have a wonderful day!
Edwin from Costa Rica, thank you for all the tips !!! God bless you !!!
You are so welcome 😊 thank you so much 🌺
Awesome. Didn’t know the top of my feeder has a small moat. Cool! 😎❤️👍
Wonderful 🤗😊❤️
@ Alissa K. I put out a dish with stones and sugar water in it for the bees and wasps. It's not totally keeping the bees off, but it helps. Also check to see if your feeder leaks. That can attract bees and wasps to the feeder. The stones keep the bees from drowning in the dish (for the most part).
I'm going to make some ant motes today. My ants get inside the feeder and sour the sugar water.
Thanks so much for sharing 😊❤️
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy I'm making my ant moats out of laundry soap and fabric softener measuring cups that have been hanging around waiting for me to find a way to use them. 😄
Increase the sugar content for the one for the bees the bees will favor a higher concentration of sugar
@@Rogerabushh Good idea😊. Thanks I'll try it.
I have a very big problem with bees. They have taken over my hummingbird feeders. My humming birds have ran away and they haven’t come back because of the bees. I don’t know what to do. I miss my hummingbirds so much. Can you tell me what to do??? Thank you for all you do for the hummingbirds. 💞🙏
I sometimes have an issue with these too, and I’ve had a lot of videos on that but I will put a video up this week on just bees which hopefully will help, take care ❤️🐝
I’ve done that and as soon as I put the feeders back out the bees come running.
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy I’ll be watching for it thank you so much!!
I use an old mayo jar. Put a hole towards the top, but on the side of the jar.
Make a sugar solution of 6 to 1. The sweeter the better. Add a touch of dish soap and fill with water. The hornets etc will fly in the side and be weighted down. Let them rot in there. You'll see that they will kill each other. The funkier the better. Put these off to the side yard. They'll find it.
I found the rubber crutch tips , used a wire coat hanger, solder iron to push through. Nice thing about the rubber, it closes around the coat hanger, no leaks..
Cool! 😊
I learned recently to put dish soap and vasaline mixture and spread around the bottom and on top and wire. They will not go accross it. I am going to give it a try
Great video and idea! Thanks Robbie. Love you, Gary,Kitty & all your fur babies and feathered friends. 🐕💕👍🦎🐾🐾🐦🐝
Thanks ❤️
The moat on my feeder was too narrow and too shallow. Watched your video and immediately made a wider, deeper one. Good info that the ants can change the flavor of the nectar too. Just waiting on the hot glue to cure for a while before I install it, then maybe I've outsmarted an ant! Thanks for all the helpful info.
You can run your finished moat project under cold water to get it to set faster 😊 thanks
Thank you so much for this video. I have ants going in to bird feeder with sunflowers. They turn the seeds on to powder-- really weird. I was putting vicks vapor rub up the pole-- it is a mess. I will purchase an ant moat.❤
Thanks for the ant’s information
Hi from Cali too! My feeders get ants.I love your idea.
I heard ant are repelled by cinnamon so I stuck an cinnamon sticks around the hanger tip. It's slowed them down but the more thing im going to try right now. Thank you.
you are absolutely correct in suggesting to everyone not to grease the feeders in any way to prevent ants Please Use a moat
You don’t want grease on the hummingbirds. And the grease comes off anyways quickly. A moat is easy to make for free, and works great. thank you.😊
Great ideas! Thanks friend! I'm jealous of your hummingbird haven.
It’s so dreamy out there!
Great idea on the water moats keeping out the ants. But what about the mosquitoes breeding in the moats? Thanks
No issue on that, just dump it every few days and add new water 😊
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy Yes that would work. Thanks for your quick reply
Ty robbie. I love your videos. :)
Agreed!
Thanks so much ❤️
LOVE IT! fantastic video how-to! Thank you so very much! Also, you have such a great hummingbird setup! SO.MANY.HAMMERS.!
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Glad it was helpful! ❤️
I like ur video I put up one hummingbird feeder and put up some pink flowers on my balcony as soon as I did that I got a hummingbird to come e to my condo I was really surprised that it came I think he gets scared when people come out he leaves
Great video Robbie I hope you have a beautiful day in the garden 🪴
I use ant moat. I also put ant spray on the ground. I have put a fuzzy pipe cleaner on wire above the feeder.
What does a pipe cleaner do?
I know people say ant moats work but I had a moat on a glass bottle feeder and the ants did swim into the it, down the bottle and through the holes where the hummers sip. There must have been over a hundred ants inside the bottle in the nectar. It was a horror in my sink getting them out and down the drain. Most of those in the nectar were still alive. Trust me. I have never dealt with anything so awful. And they kept coming! Needless to say, I had to stop using that feeder. I use a combo of vaseline on the hook above the one at the moat plus the water. Some still get in but not many.
Love all your hummingbirds 😊 how do you get so many ??
How about bees and wasps? The hummingbirds do not like feeding with them at the feeder. We have many flowers in the yard, but the bees and wasps are all over our feeders.
I will get some thing up by next week on just bees and wasps ❤️
Awesome!! Thank you so much 😊
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Never saw a bee on my feeders...yellow jackets and wasps however, are a different story! 😡😡
Peppermint oil around the holes on the feeders works. Bugs hate it and birds don't know it's there.
Thank you.
Thanks 😊❤️
Thank you
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Thanks!
An ant moat works perfect ❤️ ( ants are easier to stop then bees) hope this works for you 😊 Thank you so much for the Super Thanks 🙏 💕❤️ Again Thanks❤️
I buy Tanglefoot and smear it on an inch of each holder. Ants can't cross it cuz it's too sticky. I clean it off with alcohol when it gets a lot of dead ants. It's less hassle than the water bins. Tanglefoot is the best and stays sticky during rain too.
My problem was the wasp!!! They were awful this past summer in Upstate NY!!!! My poor hummingbirds would dodge them and try their best to find a spot that was open. Ugh it was so frustrating to watch!!! I would take the feeders in and move some but then I would see my hummingbirds looking in the usual spots. 😢 put them back out and boom wasp would be back!
Thank you so much. I'll give it a try.
WoW you really have a lot of ravens.
Yes, they are visiting 🙁 soon they will move on , I hope
I was told if you put peppermint in their feeder, the ants and bees font like it but hummingbirds do.
I use the used K-cups and a metal clothes hanger to make my ant motes
Any plastic soda bottle lets you get 2 for the price of one
Top part with cap
Bottom part with “legs”
Done that, thanks!
Thank you
I stopped fooling around with sticky stuff, reversed tapes on the hooks, or vaseline and such and discovered citrus oils. I've used lemon and Orange but any citrus oil should work. Coat the hooks with a couple of drops. It kept ants out of my feeders from mid- July to the end of the hummingbird season (October) after that one application.
I have a problem with big ants. I put grapefruit oil on the base of my shepherds hook that's attached to my deck railing. So far, it's working! They're going all around it, they won't touch it! Thanks for the tip!
First year of having sugar ants climbing and on my hummingbird feeder. What about cinnamon in water moat, though I have to make the moat
Thanks for sharing.
Ants are crazy here, this year! Haven't had any issues for years then BOOM! A huge VARIETY of ants! EVERYwhere! Though not IN the house - thank goodness! Do spiders eat ants? I don't seem to have any of the larger spiders I usually have around the porch roof...
If some spiders do , most likely would not be enough 🤨 take care, thanks
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy - It occurs to me that I also haven't seen my garter snake this year...and they DO eat ants and lots OF them. I wonder where he's got to. I specifically asked the guys that did some work on the porch not to kill him if they saw him...he was living right up against the house, all the way around and inside a railroad tie retaining wall...poop...
Thanks! We have an enormous amount of crows.... Bullies :)
We have tons of ravens right now 😯, thanks
Last year I had ants. Got the moats and no ants. This year it's bees. How do we keep the bees off? They took over the feeders and ran the hummingbirds off. Help!
I have done videos on bees but this week I will put up a video just on bees so keep a watch for it, thanks ❤️😊
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy From all the comments I'm not the only one with bee problems this fall. Thank you so much for all the info you have learned over the years and share with us "newbies".
OMGOODNESS!!! This is 1st time I've seen your channel... LOVE LOVE LOVE ❤😍🥰 I live in an urban apartment and have my own smaller version of hummingbird sanctuary, for years now, but recently have a new problem I’ve never had before... BEES🐝 WHYYY?!? Protecting them is so important, but I am allergic and they're keeping me prisoner in my home😂 not to mention, the duck n' dodge game the hb's have to play just to feed 😭
Besides bringing the feeders in (when my hb's need them the most) can anyone help with how to solve this brand new development?!? Thank you, I have more of your videos to watch now 😁
I put Vaseline on the bottom of my Shepard hook pole .ants can't crawl up through it...
Thank you so much for your videos, I have learned so much from you! Can you please post a link to the wire you used for the ant moat? I recently visited my hardware store and couldn’t find Anything that bent the way yours did and was as ridged enough - I only saw rolls of wire or metal rods that weren’t as pliable as yours looked. Thank you!
Thank you
If you use sugar water how much do you use
Great video
Can they walk on the edge?
I rubbed Aquaphor around the metal hanger about an inch wide and they do not cross it.
Thank you so much!
Very creative! Can you tell me what months hummingbirds are around in the east coast by PA
Mid-May through mid-October
@@vickys3709 thanks
Great video, I love your casual but very informative style. My question is, what if the ants are already in the feeder - do I just sieve them out and install the ant moat, or do I have to replace the food too? Also, what an AMAZING amount of hummingbirds you have!! And they share! I have like three or four birds only, with just two feeders, and one of the birds thinks he's the owner of everything and spends a lot of time chasing the others away - except the ladies, of course, they can drink all they want.
Good tips, I have ants and bees. Any suggestions about bees?
What about earwigs? I had to stop my hummingbird feeder because of them.
I put vaseline above the feeder on the hook
Thanks soooooo much
FIRE ANTS DO SWIM OR THEY DO IN EAST TEXAS. THEY ALSO MAKE A BRIDGE WITH SEVERAL BODIES.
Had awful fire ants in Florida that could swim and would also make flat colonies so you stepped in them easily. In NC they prefer mounds and are not the issue with hummingbirds. It’s sugar ants here. But yes! Fire ants are the most resilient ants I ever encountered.
where do I get that hook? or what is it called?
Why can't the ants have sugar water?
That is totally up to you but usually the hummingbirds will not drink the sugar nectar once the ants have at it. 🙂
yes larger moats! if small the water evaporates too fast.
What about mosquitoes?
I have never had an issue with mosquitoes in the moats, thanks
What can be done with the bees overtaking the hum feeders??I've tried garlic and olive oil didn't work. San B. CA.
How to stop Honey bees ?
I use the same feeders but I seem to have a problem with leakage. How do avoid that. What a waste. Screw it tight?
But you don’t even have anything on the feeders and you have so many. I don’t know how you do it?
Yes, so easy to make with a clear solo cup, hot glue gun & a stainless steel skewer!😊
How to keep bees away from hummingbird feeders
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Fyi we don't have any hummingbirds, eagles, gophers, skunks, bobcats, snakes, or rabies in Hawai'i. Our sugarcane and pineapple crops have gone off to foreign countries. The Ewa plain used to be sugarcane now it's all houses where I live. Very sad, bldg, bldg, bldg non stop. Median price homes at $1,000,000, believe me they aren't gorgeous. 30,000 people a year are leaving Hawai'i for better opportunities😭
I am so sorry, and you are right many people don’t realize that cane sugar is now many times gmo’ed as well. thanks and take care ❤️
@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy I have 6 raised beds and have followed your compost in place. Just transplanted 8 tomato seedlings, did not go well. Put 2 together in large pot, okay. Other 6 not good. Took 2 back out of bed into pots. Only the 2 in large pot might make it😭
I spray my shederd hook with oil and it stops the ants
I put hair oil on the card that i hong it on
So you hate ants? What have they ever done to you?
My parents gave me the hummingbird feeder
Wonderful ❤️
But I just got one only
"Antswers" = answers... 😆🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜🐜
you're wrong... ants can swim but they don't like to...have had lots of ants inside of feeder still alive and had to swim to get there...
Wish I could do that with my dog food!!
Feed the ants too!!!
Feed the ants beneath the hummingbird feeders. ... even on the ground. Don't kill the ants. Other birds eat ants.
Sprinkle Raid ant and roach killer around the bottom of the pole every couple weeks and no problem.
Way too much work. Plus, little cup catcher things get dirty, nasty. Rub some cinnamon water on areas of entry. Wala.....ants hate the smell of cinnamon.