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[Tallentad@xxxxxxx]

In response to the question: What do you do about  yellow jackets around 
hummingbird feeders?: 
I have used Vicks Vapor Rub or Mentholatum around the  feeding ports; 
however, you must be careful not to get any in the ports. Since  hummingbirds 
have a 
poor sense of smell, as do most birds, they are not bothered  by the smell. 
Unlike the hummingbirds, yellow jackets do not like the smell, and  find the 
smell offensive. I read this suggestion one time in  either Birder's Digest or 
Birder's World or maybe it was Wildbird magazine. 
 
Ann Tallent
Maryville, TN
Blount Co. 


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