[CT Birds] Keep hummer feeding simple

[Paula Verderame]

Thanks everyone for your input. These are some great ideas and I wanted
to start early to attract the migrants. I'll put my feeders up early, and
I'll put up some hanging planters, too. 

-Paula

 
On Sat, 8 Mar 2008 10:45:25 -0500 "David Provencher"
<davidprovencher at sbcglobal.net> writes:
> Wow Clay I truly admire your dedication! If you are using the 
> recommended 4
> to 1 ratio you needn't worry about the dissolution of the sugar 
> however. At
> that ratio all the sugar will eventually go into solution without 
> heating
> the water. Some crystals will be in evidence for a little while at 
> first but
> they will all dissolve and their presence is not in anyway harmful 
> anyway.
> Sugar will not come back out of solution unless the solution is so
> concentrated it becomes what is called "super saturated." At the 4 
> to 1
> ratio the sugar solution is not going to be super saturated. If you 
> did
> super saturate a solution by heating, the sugar would suddenly 
> precipitate
> out of solution on cooling anyway. Forgive me for letting my 
> chemistry
> background show but I wanted to let people know hummingbird feeding 
> needn't
> be complicated or time consuming.
> 
>  
> 
> Dave
> 
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