1 cup of sugar and 4 cups of water. Use warm tap water not boiling water and stir til clear. NO FOOD COLOR is necessary as long as the feeder has red or yellow and red feeder stations.
DO NOT USE ARTIFICIAL SWEETNER. The little darlings will starve : )
I just made some of this a bit ago before I saw yours and, actually, I did boil the water ‘cause that’s what lots of recipes said. I used white cane granulated sugar and freshly filtered water. NO RED DYE. It is cooling now... Thanks, CG.