There’s an abundance of information available about how to attract hummingbirds to your yard and feeders, but information about how to keep bees away from hummingbird feeders tends to be scarce. The ...
One of the best ways to attract more hummingbirds to your yard is by hanging feeders filled with homemade nectar. The only downside is that the sugary syrup hummingbirds love also attracts bees and ...
DEAR JOAN: We have three bird feeders in our front yard and two hummingbird feeders in the front and back yards. We’ve been in our house for just over 29 years, and this is the first time I had to ...
Plant honeysuckle to attract hummingbirds to your garden. The fragrant perennial shrub has a tubular flower that is perfectly suited to the birds' beaks. Fenkep Now that the last cold snap of winter ...
Home gardeners can help maintain, and even encourage, populations of honeybees, native bees, wasps, beetles, butterflies, moths and hummingbirds. What do these things have in common? They're all ...
Hummingbirds make a much-anticipated arrival in the spring, but keeping them around in the fall takes a little effort on the part of residents. By the time August rolls around, they’re ready for a ...
When a fiery throated hummingbird approaches a flower to feed, its wings are beating at nearly 100 times per second. To the naked eye, its wings are moving so fast ...
It’s hummingbird season and, for many Fresno and Clovis residents, that means setting up feeders to draw these little birds with fast wings and slender beaks and watch them elegantly flutter around ...
If not, you may want to add some plants that will attract and support these pollinators and others throughout the season. Adding pollinator plants will benefit the plants in your vegetable garden, ...
Scientists tried for years to understand how a hummingbird tongue and beak works. Discover the fascinating ways these tiny ...