1.   A few days later, I filled the hummingbird feeder with sugar water for the first time this year.

2.   A few years ago, a friend gave me a hummingbird feeder, one of those with red plastic encasing a glass bottle.

3.   According to information from a Web site on hummingbird feeders, it was recently discovered that bees are attracted to yellow.

4.   Even full hummingbird feeders are an attraction to a hungry bear, he said.

5.   Every inch of lawn space was adorned with perfect grass, cultivated flowers and trimmed trees holding hummingbird feeders and wind chimes.

6.   Planting Mexican heather, she writes, gives foraging bees a nectar source and relieves overcrowding and fighting at hummingbird feeders.

7.   Remember to wash hummingbird feeders once a week with hot water and a bottle brush.

8.   Take down hummingbird feeders and store them until spring.