I created my own 'ant mote' with a plastic lid and did not use water, but cinnamon. Worked like a charm!!!! Ants do NOT like cinnamon.

@Pamela-jr3ht

2 жыл бұрын

Yes cinnamon! Much better than using water here in Middle GA. Using water motes = mosquito breeding.

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect thanks for sharing 😊❤️

@Incredible43

2 жыл бұрын

@BarbKitts Awesome idea

@shirleyk623

2 жыл бұрын

@@Pamela-jr3ht absolutely a great idea!!!!! Same here in Florida with the mosquitoes

@casperinsight3524

Жыл бұрын

😎😘

Hi from down under. Yep, got a lot of ants here too. Actually I think they do the breaststroke around my house and I swear some of them are attempting the backstroke too. I think I may be in big trouble when they start diving from the wooden shelves where my small pots are. Guess they do deserve a gold medal for effort because they keep on marching with rubber boots on....

@ladybug4u165

Ай бұрын

Thanks for the laugh this morning 😅

Haha... ants are the easiest problem to have! Love it. We crown you the Garden Inventor of the Year. Love the humor, the creativity, passion.... help me folks I am out of words! Thanks for sharing.

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

OMG 😊 thanks

We hang out hummingbird feeders on a metal post lodged in the ground. The “shepherds hook” style of post. If you coat the base of the post - from the ground Len (on all sides of the post) up to about 6” with a layer of Vaseline the ants will either get stuck in the Vaseline or just slide down the slippery surface. It can cause some discoloring to the post but it does work

@marialong2950

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Kurt, please do not grease your post with Vaseline. I've seen hummingbirds accidentally fly into the Vaseline and get it all over their wings. Hummingbirds can't fly properly once Vaseline is stuck on their feathers. It would be similar to a duck being covered in oil from an oil spill....

Great ideas. I put a little Vaseline on the base of the feeder pole/hook never had an Ant problem again 👍

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect 👍

I made some of the holder’s you showed us how to make and it works like a charm! I did have problems with the flying sweat bees I think that’s what they are and they get in there and drown and float to the top of the hummingbird food. It i only happens on one of my feeders and I don’t know how to stop these sweat bees though

Hello Robbie! Great video as always! I want to tell you how much you and your channel mean to me. You lift me above all the current misery drama going on in the world! I have learned so many useful things from you including gardening in storage totes in soil I create for myself! I just purchased a photo album to store my seeds in. A real space saver and no more seed packets spilling out! Thank you so much for 'being there.' Hugs to you and Gary, and keep on keeping on! God Bless!

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

OMG, this makes my day/week/year…😊thank you so much ❤️

I got a couple of ant moats last year and they worked great.

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect ❤️

Works perfectly! Made ant moats after watching your earlier video. First time hummingbird feeder person and had success! Thank you!

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

So glad I could help, sounds like you did a wonderful job! ❤️😊 thanks so much for sharing, enjoy

Had success with your moats and hanging feeders from super thin fishing line. Thanks so much!

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

Great to hear! Thanks!

Your channel is the best! I now have bee proof ant proof feeders and I'm now enjoying the hummingbirds! Thank you!

Hi from Cali too! My feeders get ants.I love your idea.

Hi Robbie I just wanted to tell you how obsessed I am with watching your videos lol. I can sit here for hours and watch your videos. I learn so much and a lot of times I watch them over and over so I know I am following your directions, on how to make a certain water fountain any way I am new to this so I am sure once I get the concept .I will know exactly what I am doing. I know you are very busy with all you do so I won't go on and on . I just wanted to tell you how happy I am to have found your videos. Take care.

Thank you for sharing, my first hummingbird feeder; help so much for information. Sincerely yours.

Great advice. My problem is wasps. How to keep them away

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

I have lots of videos on bees and wasps and I’ll get one that is just on that topic really soon, thanks ❤️🐝

@maryfrey

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy I would appreciate that, too. Wasps and "sweat bees" were my big problem in the hummer feeders this year.

I need a soldering iron! I made one from your instructions and it sure solved my ant problem. Thank you for showing me how.

I did this from your earlier video. So cool. All I had was a clear plastic fruit cup but it worked! Thank you Robbie!

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

Sounds perfect ❤️ you are so welcome, thanks so much

Great ideas. Thank you, we had such a problem with ants and wasps we stop feeding the birds. These ideas will allow us to enjoy the birds next year. I also heard ground cinnamon helps too

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

Try different things to see what works for you so yes you can and will be feeding the birds when they come back, thanks 😊

Edwin from Costa Rica, thank you for all the tips !!! God bless you !!!

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome 😊 thank you so much 🌺

Hi Robbie, I just saw a video, where they use fishing line to hang the feeders from and walla no ants. Just thought I would share! Have a wonderful day!

Great ideas! Thanks friend! I'm jealous of your hummingbird haven.

Thank you so much for this video. I have ants going in to bird feeder with sunflowers. They turn the seeds on to powder-- really weird. I was putting vicks vapor rub up the pole-- it is a mess. I will purchase an ant moat.❤

Great video Robbie I hope you have a beautiful day in the garden 🪴

Thanks for the ant’s information

Great video and idea! Thanks Robbie. Love you, Gary,Kitty & all your fur babies and feathered friends. 🐕💕👍🦎🐾🐾🐦🐝

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ❤️

I found the rubber crutch tips , used a wire coat hanger, solder iron to push through. Nice thing about the rubber, it closes around the coat hanger, no leaks..

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

Cool! 😊

Awesome. Didn’t know the top of my feeder has a small moat. Cool! 😎❤️👍

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

Wonderful 🤗😊❤️

I use ant moat. I also put ant spray on the ground. I have put a fuzzy pipe cleaner on wire above the feeder.

I learned recently to put dish soap and vasaline mixture and spread around the bottom and on top and wire. They will not go accross it. I am going to give it a try

Thank you so much. I'll give it a try.

Hi Folks, please do not add grease on or near your feeders to deter ants. The hummingbirds might accidentally get the grease on their feathers, and they will not be able to fly properly. An ant moat with water is all you need.

@eveningskysreflections

Жыл бұрын

What about cinnamon instead of water???

@willford9205

9 ай бұрын

mine dont

I heard ant are repelled by cinnamon so I stuck an cinnamon sticks around the hanger tip. It's slowed them down but the more thing im going to try right now. Thank you.

I have a very big problem with bees. They have taken over my hummingbird feeders. My humming birds have ran away and they haven’t come back because of the bees. I don’t know what to do. I miss my hummingbirds so much. Can you tell me what to do??? Thank you for all you do for the hummingbirds. 💞🙏

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

I sometimes have an issue with these too, and I’ve had a lot of videos on that but I will put a video up this week on just bees which hopefully will help, take care ❤️🐝

@lisajenkins9775

2 жыл бұрын

I’ve done that and as soon as I put the feeders back out the bees come running.

@lisajenkins9775

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy I’ll be watching for it thank you so much!!

@annette2326

Ай бұрын

I use an old mayo jar. Put a hole towards the top, but on the side of the jar. Make a sugar solution of 6 to 1. The sweeter the better. Add a touch of dish soap and fill with water. The hornets etc will fly in the side and be weighted down. Let them rot in there. You'll see that they will kill each other. The funkier the better. Put these off to the side yard. They'll find it.

LOVE IT! fantastic video how-to! Thank you so very much! Also, you have such a great hummingbird setup! SO.MANY.HAMMERS.! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

10 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! ❤️

Thanks for sharing.

It’s so dreamy out there!

Thank you so much for your videos, I have learned so much from you! Can you please post a link to the wire you used for the ant moat? I recently visited my hardware store and couldn’t find Anything that bent the way yours did and was as ridged enough - I only saw rolls of wire or metal rods that weren’t as pliable as yours looked. Thank you!

@ Alissa K. I put out a dish with stones and sugar water in it for the bees and wasps. It's not totally keeping the bees off, but it helps. Also check to see if your feeder leaks. That can attract bees and wasps to the feeder. The stones keep the bees from drowning in the dish (for the most part). I'm going to make some ant motes today. My ants get inside the feeder and sour the sugar water.

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing 😊❤️

@shirleyk623

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy I'm making my ant moats out of laundry soap and fabric softener measuring cups that have been hanging around waiting for me to find a way to use them. 😄

@Rogerabushh

Жыл бұрын

Increase the sugar content for the one for the bees the bees will favor a higher concentration of sugar

@shirleyk623

Жыл бұрын

@@Rogerabushh Good idea😊. Thanks I'll try it.

Thank you

Thank you so much!

Ty robbie. I love your videos. :)

@GutenGardening

2 жыл бұрын

Agreed!

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much ❤️

Great video

Great idea on the water moats keeping out the ants. But what about the mosquitoes breeding in the moats? Thanks

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

No issue on that, just dump it every few days and add new water 😊

@williamlewis4379

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy Yes that would work. Thanks for your quick reply

Thanks soooooo much

How about bees and wasps? The hummingbirds do not like feeding with them at the feeder. We have many flowers in the yard, but the bees and wasps are all over our feeders.

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

I will get some thing up by next week on just bees and wasps ❤️

@peachymim

2 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Thank you so much 😊

@deborahmccoy3874

2 жыл бұрын

😊

@illiadmcswain3956

2 жыл бұрын

Never saw a bee on my feeders...yellow jackets and wasps however, are a different story! 😡😡

@happylee667

2 жыл бұрын

Peppermint oil around the holes on the feeders works. Bugs hate it and birds don't know it's there.

Love all your hummingbirds 😊 how do you get so many ??

The moat on my feeder was too narrow and too shallow. Watched your video and immediately made a wider, deeper one. Good info that the ants can change the flavor of the nectar too. Just waiting on the hot glue to cure for a while before I install it, then maybe I've outsmarted an ant! Thanks for all the helpful info.

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

11 ай бұрын

You can run your finished moat project under cold water to get it to set faster 😊 thanks

I stopped fooling around with sticky stuff, reversed tapes on the hooks, or vaseline and such and discovered citrus oils. I've used lemon and Orange but any citrus oil should work. Coat the hooks with a couple of drops. It kept ants out of my feeders from mid- July to the end of the hummingbird season (October) after that one application.

Thank you.

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks 😊❤️

Thanks!

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

11 ай бұрын

An ant moat works perfect ❤️ ( ants are easier to stop then bees) hope this works for you 😊 Thank you so much for the Super Thanks 🙏 💕❤️ Again Thanks❤️

you are absolutely correct in suggesting to everyone not to grease the feeders in any way to prevent ants Please Use a moat

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

Жыл бұрын

You don’t want grease on the hummingbirds. And the grease comes off anyways quickly. A moat is easy to make for free, and works great. thank you.😊

I like ur video I put up one hummingbird feeder and put up some pink flowers on my balcony as soon as I did that I got a hummingbird to come e to my condo I was really surprised that it came I think he gets scared when people come out he leaves

Funny, my ants must be able to swim as they are getting past the water filled moat and to the feeder

I know people say ant moats work but I had a moat on a glass bottle feeder and the ants did swim into the it, down the bottle and through the holes where the hummers sip. There must have been over a hundred ants inside the bottle in the nectar. It was a horror in my sink getting them out and down the drain. Most of those in the nectar were still alive. Trust me. I have never dealt with anything so awful. And they kept coming! Needless to say, I had to stop using that feeder. I use a combo of vaseline on the hook above the one at the moat plus the water. Some still get in but not many.

Good tips, I have ants and bees. Any suggestions about bees?

Very creative! Can you tell me what months hummingbirds are around in the east coast by PA

@vickys3709

2 жыл бұрын

Mid-May through mid-October

@maritzascraft

2 жыл бұрын

@@vickys3709 thanks

WoW you really have a lot of ravens.

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, they are visiting 🙁 soon they will move on , I hope

What can be done with the bees overtaking the hum feeders??I've tried garlic and olive oil didn't work. San B. CA.

First year of having sugar ants climbing and on my hummingbird feeder. What about cinnamon in water moat, though I have to make the moat

where do I get that hook? or what is it called?

My problem was the wasp!!! They were awful this past summer in Upstate NY!!!! My poor hummingbirds would dodge them and try their best to find a spot that was open. Ugh it was so frustrating to watch!!! I would take the feeders in and move some but then I would see my hummingbirds looking in the usual spots. 😢 put them back out and boom wasp would be back!

OMGOODNESS!!! This is 1st time I've seen your channel... LOVE LOVE LOVE ❤😍🥰 I live in an urban apartment and have my own smaller version of hummingbird sanctuary, for years now, but recently have a new problem I’ve never had before... BEES🐝 WHYYY?!? Protecting them is so important, but I am allergic and they're keeping me prisoner in my home😂 not to mention, the duck n' dodge game the hb's have to play just to feed 😭 Besides bringing the feeders in (when my hb's need them the most) can anyone help with how to solve this brand new development?!? Thank you, I have more of your videos to watch now 😁

I buy Tanglefoot and smear it on an inch of each holder. Ants can't cross it cuz it's too sticky. I clean it off with alcohol when it gets a lot of dead ants. It's less hassle than the water bins. Tanglefoot is the best and stays sticky during rain too.

I use the used K-cups and a metal clothes hanger to make my ant motes

I rubbed Aquaphor around the metal hanger about an inch wide and they do not cross it.

I was told if you put peppermint in their feeder, the ants and bees font like it but hummingbirds do.

If you use sugar water how much do you use

Can they walk on the edge?

Great video, I love your casual but very informative style. My question is, what if the ants are already in the feeder - do I just sieve them out and install the ant moat, or do I have to replace the food too? Also, what an AMAZING amount of hummingbirds you have!! And they share! I have like three or four birds only, with just two feeders, and one of the birds thinks he's the owner of everything and spends a lot of time chasing the others away - except the ladies, of course, they can drink all they want.

Ants are crazy here, this year! Haven't had any issues for years then BOOM! A huge VARIETY of ants! EVERYwhere! Though not IN the house - thank goodness! Do spiders eat ants? I don't seem to have any of the larger spiders I usually have around the porch roof...

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

If some spiders do , most likely would not be enough 🤨 take care, thanks

@hootiebubbabuddhabelly

2 жыл бұрын

​@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy ​ - It occurs to me that I also haven't seen my garter snake this year...and they DO eat ants and lots OF them. I wonder where he's got to. I specifically asked the guys that did some work on the porch not to kill him if they saw him...he was living right up against the house, all the way around and inside a railroad tie retaining wall...poop...

I use the same feeders but I seem to have a problem with leakage. How do avoid that. What a waste. Screw it tight?

yes larger moats! if small the water evaporates too fast.

I put vaseline above the feeder on the hook

I put Vaseline on the bottom of my Shepard hook pole .ants can't crawl up through it...

Last year I had ants. Got the moats and no ants. This year it's bees. How do we keep the bees off? They took over the feeders and ran the hummingbirds off. Help!

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

I have done videos on bees but this week I will put up a video just on bees so keep a watch for it, thanks ❤️😊

@conniedavidson1807

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy From all the comments I'm not the only one with bee problems this fall. Thank you so much for all the info you have learned over the years and share with us "newbies".

I spray my shederd hook with oil and it stops the ants

Why can't the ants have sugar water?

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

That is totally up to you but usually the hummingbirds will not drink the sugar nectar once the ants have at it. 🙂

What about mosquitoes?

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

I have never had an issue with mosquitoes in the moats, thanks

So you hate ants? What have they ever done to you?

Thanks! We have an enormous amount of crows.... Bullies :)

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

We have tons of ravens right now 😯, thanks

What about earwigs? I had to stop my hummingbird feeder because of them.

How to stop Honey bees ?

Yes, so easy to make with a clear solo cup, hot glue gun & a stainless steel skewer!😊

FIRE ANTS DO SWIM OR THEY DO IN EAST TEXAS. THEY ALSO MAKE A BRIDGE WITH SEVERAL BODIES.

@terri9261

19 күн бұрын

Had awful fire ants in Florida that could swim and would also make flat colonies so you stepped in them easily. In NC they prefer mounds and are not the issue with hummingbirds. It’s sugar ants here. But yes! Fire ants are the most resilient ants I ever encountered.

Fyi we don't have any hummingbirds, eagles, gophers, skunks, bobcats, snakes, or rabies in Hawai'i. Our sugarcane and pineapple crops have gone off to foreign countries. The Ewa plain used to be sugarcane now it's all houses where I live. Very sad, bldg, bldg, bldg non stop. Median price homes at $1,000,000, believe me they aren't gorgeous. 30,000 people a year are leaving Hawai'i for better opportunities😭

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

I am so sorry, and you are right many people don’t realize that cane sugar is now many times gmo’ed as well. thanks and take care ❤️

@carolkamaile1967

2 жыл бұрын

@@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy I have 6 raised beds and have followed your compost in place. Just transplanted 8 tomato seedlings, did not go well. Put 2 together in large pot, okay. Other 6 not good. Took 2 back out of bed into pots. Only the 2 in large pot might make it😭

I put hair oil on the card that i hong it on

How to keep bees away from hummingbird feeders

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

7 ай бұрын

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My parents gave me the hummingbird feeder

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 ай бұрын

Wonderful ❤️

@user-hk6hk7fs9i

2 ай бұрын

But I just got one only

But you don’t even have anything on the feeders and you have so many. I don’t know how you do it?

Wish I could do that with my dog food!!

Sprinkle Raid ant and roach killer around the bottom of the pole every couple weeks and no problem.

Feed the ants too!!! Feed the ants beneath the hummingbird feeders. ... even on the ground. Don't kill the ants. Other birds eat ants.

you're wrong... ants can swim but they don't like to...have had lots of ants inside of feeder still alive and had to swim to get there...

Just put double sided tape at the bottom of your feeder duh !!!!🤜🏻🤛🏻👍🏻🇺🇸👍🏻🇺🇸🤛🏻🇺🇸

Use vaseline. It works great.

Way too much work. Plus, little cup catcher things get dirty, nasty. Rub some cinnamon water on areas of entry. Wala.....ants hate the smell of cinnamon.

I have one feeder but get those awful hornets + when they sting u it hurts so bad but to try to kill them is a whole other story I can’t explain because u can’t use sprays or any other pesticides on those feeders because that would kill the birds ! Those dam hornets chase those poor birds of prey because that way they can get a free meal , the lazy shits + u still can’t kill them because u will upset what’s still in the feeder or who at the time because if those little birds r hungry they r not going to let those hornets ruin their meal , especially the moms who need to feed their babies ! ❤️🐇🐰☄️❤️‍🔥💖💓❣️💕🧚‍♀️🧚🏿‍♂️🧚🏼💙🩷❤️🧡💛💚🩵🤍💜🖤🩶🤎💔❤️‍🔥💖💘💝☮️☯️✝️☪️❣️💕💞💖💘💝❤️‍🩹🐰🐇😍🥰😘💀☠️😻🌹🥀🎹🎼🎸🎻🪕7️⃣4️⃣is my age now of this year 2023 !

Can you use vinegar instead of water?

Thank you

Thank you

@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks ❤️