Tanglefoot works better even than heavy grease.
On 8/22/2010 3:52 PM, Larry Sirvio wrote:
Vaseline is too soft. It will just melt away in this hear.Try wheel
bearing grease. You can buy it in a small tub. It should be available
at a place like NAPA auto parts.
----- Original Message ----- From: "john c. nelson"
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To: <[email protected]>
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Subject: Re: [mou-net] A new idea about hanging Hummingbird feeders
The water moat ant guards are sure fire, though $8-10 is double what
you should expect to pay for one. Vaseline is also effective and I
use it on small feeders in hanging planters.
John Nelson
Good Thunder MN
On Aug 22, 2010, at 1:14 PM, Dennis and Barbara Martin wrote:
Interesting idea but why not just buy one of the inexpensive
($8-10) ant guards. They are designed to put water in and thus
make a moat that ants will not cross in their trip to the feeder. I
use a bit of
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