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If you enjoy feeding birds, don't store your bird seeds in the house. I just found out that there are little tiny black bugs in all bird feed. All bird seed and grass seed is packaged in a mill
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Bird Feeding
posted at December 20, 2011 9:24 AM EST
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If you enjoy feeding birds, don't store your bird seeds in the house. I just found out that there are little tiny black bugs in all bird feed. All bird seed and grass seed is packaged in a mill and left natural. There are very small insects in it that are not taken our nor can the mills take them out. So keep your bird seed in a shed or garage to keep these little tiny critters out of the house. An air tight container is best if you have one. |
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Re: Bird Feeding
posted at December 22, 2011 8:01 AM EST
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We have a hummingbird feeder that hangs from a rod iron post. Noticed ants were crawling up the post and into the feeder so the hummingbirds were staying away. To fix problem I smeared vaseline all over the post and it worked! No more problems with ants and my hummingbirds are back. |
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Re: Bird Feeding
posted at February 12, 2012 9:58 PM EST
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In Response to Re: Bird Feeding: We have a hummingbird feeder that hangs from a rod iron post. Noticed ants were crawling up the post and into the feeder so the hummingbirds were staying away. To fix problem I smeared vaseline all over the post and it worked! No more problems with ants and my hummingbirds are back. Posted by ssszz3 Do you have any issues with bees or wasps where you live? If so, do you also have any issues with bees or wasps being attracted to the hummingbird feeders? |
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Re: Bird Feeding
posted at July 23, 2012 9:42 AM EDT
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Make sure to keep your bird seed in something the squirrels can't get into. I had mine in a metal tin with a lid on it and the squirrels chewed thru the screen on my porch to get to the feed, and they managed to get the lid off of the tin and chowed down. |
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