Hummingbird Feeders with Yellow on them?

IrishEyes

IrishEyes

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In a video from the Missouri Conservation Agency suggested if you have
Hummingbird Feeders with Yellow paint as an attraction color to take some bright
red nail polish and cover that Yellow with the Red.
Yellow attracts wasps and bees to your feeder as well.

Mine are all red so I don't need to try this but thought it may be interesting to see
if it works. Let me know if it does, if you would?
 
IrishEyes said:
In a video from the Missouri Conservation Agency suggested if you have
Hummingbird Feeders with Yellow paint as an attraction color to take some bright
red nail polish and cover that Yellow with the Red.
Yellow attracts wasps and bees to your feeder as well.

Mine are all red so I don't need to try this but thought it may be interesting to see
if it works. Let me know if it does, if you would?
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I agree. Hummingbirds ARE very attracted to red. Years ago I once went out on our veranda with a bright red shirt on and was gently attacked by 3 or 4 hummingbirds thinking I was a feeder. We were just putting up their feeders at the time. I felt their beaks at the sides of my arms.
 
PeppermintPatty said:
I agree. Hummingbirds ARE very attracted to red. Years ago I once went out on our veranda with a bright red shirt on and was gently attacked by 3 or 4 hummingbirds thinking I was a feeder. We were just putting up their feeders at the time. I felt their beaks at the sides of my arms.
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I was in our RV back to the full window on one end and heard this peck, peck. I had a bright red Tshirt on and it was
trying to test me through the window.
I had those feeders a few years back with the centers of the flowers painted
yellow and always had wasps around them that the hummers had to fight away. I see one now and then around my
all red ones I have now, but sure not as many as the ones with yellow did.
 
IrishEyes said:
I was in our RV back to the full window on one end and heard this peck, peck. I had a bright red Tshirt on and it was
trying to test me through the window.
I had those feeders a few years back with the centers of the flowers painted
yellow and always had wasps around them that the hummers had to fight away. I see one now and then around my
all red ones I have now, but sure not as many as the ones with yellow did.
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Yes wasps and bees are attracted by the colour and the sugar..We also get wasps on our feeders and they donā€™t have yellow on them. We have to keep an eye out for them or theyā€™ll ruin the hummingbird feeder enjoyment.
 
I have some yellow on my hummingbird feeders & haven't had a problem with wasps or bees. An occasional one may show up, but that's been it.

I had an abandoned hornets nest that I cut out of a tree a few years ago that finally fell apart last spring that kept the wasps from making nests on my porch. I would love to have another, but nothing has been low enough for me to get to.
 
Lilac said:
I have some yellow on my hummingbird feeders & haven't had a problem with wasps or bees. An occasional one may show up, but that's been it.

I had an abandoned hornets nest that I cut out of a tree a few years ago that finally fell apart last spring that kept the wasps from making nests on my porch. I would love to have another, but nothing has been low enough for me to get to.
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Maybe you could make a fake wasp nest? A paper bag or something that looks similar? They are such a PITA.
 
You can buy fake hornet nests on Amazon. Have a friend who has one that wasnā€™t doing much good until they took a Sharpie and drew a hornet on the outside. Worked great then.
 
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