Date: 09/12/2017

Number: 1

The hummingbirds are being chased off the feeder by the late summer wasps. I see them nectaring from the flowers more at this time of year.

Editor's Note:
Give bees, wasps, and other insects their own feeders: Attract the insects by hanging a detour feeder in the full sunlight they prefer and use a sweeter sugar water solution. Place a very shallow bowl with strong sugar water about 5 or 6 feet away from the feeders. (You may need to begin close to the feeder and move it farther away incrementally.) This will keep the insects around to pollinate your flowers while giving them a food source besides the hummingbird feeder.

Mount Pleasant, MI

Latitude: 43.6 Longitude: -84.8

Observed by: Deborah
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