Are there any difference in the nectar by boiling or use straight bottled spring water??
I use bottled spring water for the nectar taste.


eldon voorhees

I forgot one more thing is all city water are treated and I do not use it for the hummers.


eldon voorhees

Eldon
If you are using bottled spring water, you don't need to boil it first. Just make sure that all the sugar is dissolved before you fill your feeder.

How much sugar and water are you using?

Penny
Niagara Falls, NY
USDA zone 6a/6b
Heat zone 4
Sunset zone 39

Hi Eldon, I too use bottled water. We moved here not to long ago and heard from a couple of neighbors that there is a higher concentration of Arsenic in the ground water and we are on well water. I don't drink the well water ..my hummers ARE NOT going to drink it either. I do not boil my bottled water either as only make a quart at a time.

Karen
Southern California

Two years ago I gave my hummers only bottled water but not anymore I have a lot of hummers normally it gets too expensive for me to continue. No I do not boil water before feeding hummers. Once the hummer sticks his bill into the feeder it becomes contaminated anyway so no need to boil. If it makes it easier for you to dissolve the sugar then do it.

Steve
Martinsville, In
Heat zone 6
Sunset zone 35