Making your own hummingbird food is easy and cost-effective, the alternative store products that are pre-made and red in color is harmful to the hummingbirds because it contains Red5, which for the size of these birds can cause cancer & lead to other ailments that is reducing the life expectancy of these fragile creatures.
A simple sugar concoction is a solution to this, while providing the hummingbirds necessary nectar for their dieting needs. Hummingbirds fly up to an average of 30 miles per hour, flutter their wings around 3000 times a minute while their little hearts beat up to 1,200 times per second! Because of their metabolism, hummers must eat between one and three times their body weight DAILY!
