Thanks Tony,
With the rate they are emptying the feeders, the syrup does not have time to spoil. I rinse them with very hot water before refilling - daily or seldom longer that 36 hours. I check them occasionally and if necessary sterilize with a tiny bit of bleach in a hot soak, then rinse very well or sometimes I use rice in water to clean the insides of the glass feeders where I cannot reach.
I will try to find additional places for the feeders. When I put them on the shepherd's crooks in the garden, the ants found them. Vaseline on the poles needed to be replaced daily to keep the ants out and the poles are now coated with the (icky) sticky stuff.
Betty, SW Arkansas
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