• fireweed@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    My understanding is sugar water is fine for hummingbirds, but the red dye often added to it is not.

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      1 year ago

      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 :)