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List Price: $1.99
Our Price: $4.99
Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
Manufacturer: Garden Song
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Average Customer Rating:   
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Binding: Lawn & Patio
Brand: Garden Song®
EAN: 0077625443246
Feature: 8 ounce packet
Is Autographed: 0
Is Memorabilia: 0
Label: Garden Song
Manufacturer: Garden Song
Model: 443-24
Publisher: Garden Song
Studio: Garden Song
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Features
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8 ounce packet
Makes up to 48 oz of high energy clear nectar
Dissolves instantly in cold water
High energy red nectar
Measures 1.25 by 4.50 by 3.56 inches; 0.50 pounds
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Editorial Reviews:
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No boiling necessary. 8 oz. package makes up to 48 oz. of nectar. Dissolves instantly in cold water. No. 443 24: Red No. 446 24: Clear
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Let the birds sing
Comment: Product received as excepted. In an extremely fast manner; and in prefect condition. All this and still got it far cheaper than at local stores without having to leave my house.
Customer Rating:
Summary: don't buy make your own
Comment: For Hummingbirds: boil, on stove or microwave, 4 C water, 1 cup sugar.
Sugar water is all your hummers need. Do not waste your money on this product.
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Summary: No dyes! No instant nectars!
Comment: As a field biologist involved in hummingbird studies in the SW, I can say that red--or any other color--dye is nonsense! NOT needed, quite likely harmful. Also, I question the instant nectar--instructions say it doesn't require boiling. Is there a preservative in it that retards yeast and bacterial growth? If so it would likely be extremely harmful to the gut of the hummers: it could harm their natural internal flora.
Customer Rating:
Summary: RED DYE WILL HARM HUMMINGBIRDS - DO NOT USE IT
Comment: THIS PRODUCT DOES NOT STATE WHAT THEY USE FOR THE RED COLORING IN
THEIR NECTAR. IT IS A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT RED DYE #40 HAS PROVED
HARMFUL TO HUMMINGBIRDS CAUSING CANCER AND IS NOT NECESSARY.
NATURAL NECTAR IN THE WILD IS CLEAR WITHOUT COLOR. USING A COLORFUL
FEEDER WILL ATTRACT THE HUMMERS AND NOT HARM THEM.
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Summary: Don't waste your money
Comment: You won't find a single expert on hummingbirds who recommends "instant nectar" products such as this one. Why? Because 1) they're a complete waste of your money and 2) they expose the birds to ridiculously high concentrations of inadequately tested chemicals. The cheapest and easiest feeder solution also happens to be the closest in chemical composition to natural flower nectar: a solution of 3 or 4 parts water to one part ordinary white sugar. If you want the sugar to dissolve faster, get additive-free superfine baking sugar. DON'T use honey, food coloring, Kool-Aid, Jello, or any other junk - the birds drink nectar just for the energy and get everything else their bodies need from eating insects.
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