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minus-squarefireweed@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14·edit-21 year agoMy understanding is sugar water is fine for hummingbirds, but the red dye often added to it is not.
minus-squareiheartneopetslinkfedilinkarrow-up9·1 year agoYou are correct. If you feed hummingbirds, dissolve a 1:4 ratio of sugar to water in summer (so 1 cup sugar to four cups water) or a 1:3 ratio in winter for extra calories/energy. Don’t use the bottled red stuff, it’s bad for them :)
My understanding is sugar water is fine for hummingbirds, but the red dye often added to it is not.
You are correct. If you feed hummingbirds, dissolve a 1:4 ratio of sugar to water in summer (so 1 cup sugar to four cups water) or a 1:3 ratio in winter for extra calories/energy. Don’t use the bottled red stuff, it’s bad for them :)