[GodBlessUSA]

That's great that your Nuthatch is enjoying those meal worms! They are cute! Good you can buy meal worms locally!

I'm going to get the Ant Guard for the Hummer feeder. I will look for it this week. I hope they work. :)

Last year we had such trouble with Yellow Jackets they drove me nuts. The birds couldn't get to their fruit hardly at all. I have to come up with something.

[sweetliberty]

Marigolds repel some kinds of insects. I can't remember if bees are among them. I did find this link though.

Harmless pest control/repellents

[MamaTexan]

I'm going to get the Ant Guard for the Hummer feeder. I will look for it this week. I hope they work. :)

Rub some Vaseline on the wire leading down to the feeder, and put a small glob of it about halfway down. Some ants get stuck in it, and the others will eventually go away.

[sweetliberty]

I am so excited! I was on the phone and watching the birds out the kitchen window when what should appear on the birdbath but a Bluebird! He sat there for a few seconds, then just plopped himself right in the middle of the birdbath and had himself a bath. He flew up in the tulip tree and sat there fluffing himself, then did a repeat performance. The blue in his tail feathers just glistened in the sun. Now if I can just keep him around! And surely he has a mate somewhere.