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Mix1/2 cup of sugar with 1 cup of hot water. Stir until the sugar dissolves. Add 1 cup of cold water. Fill your hummingbird feeder. Any extra nectar may be stored in the refrigerator for about 2 weeks. When you refill your feeder dont forget to clean it first.

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In a bowl or glass, combine 1 part sugar with 4 parts water (for example, 1 cup of sugar with 4 cups of water). To dissolve the sugar thoroughly, stir the mixture with the spoon. Cool the mixture in such a way that it comes to room temperature. Fill the feeder with the mixture and hang it outside in a suitable spot for hummingbirds.

To feed hummingbirds, first make your own hummingbird nectar by boiling 1 part sugar and 4 parts water until the sugar dissolves. Don’t add anything besides plain sugar, like food coloring, since other ingredients can be toxic to birds.

Rinse your feeder with warm water. Before filling your feeder with nectar, rinse it under a stream of hot water. If your feeder is brand new, do this for about 30 seconds to remove any built-up bacteria. If your feeder is not new, rinse it until all the old nectar is gone. Do not rinse it with soap because the taste repels hummingbirds.

Place a saucer of sugar water (a 1:1 ratio, much stronger) elsewhere in your yard. Buy a feeder that has tubes. Only the hummingbirds will be able to get into the tubes to the sugar water and the bees won’t sense the delicacy.