With overly complicated parts and a messy upside-down design, standard residential hummingbird feeders make cleaning difficult and infrequent (left).
Nectar heats in these glass containers, which grows bacteria in the feeding tubes, leading to a fungal infection, “Candidiasis,” of the hummingbird tongue (right).
As a primary pollinator, our Ruby-throated Hummingbird population needs sanitary sources of nectar as they migrate. Rubí’s embedded magnets and inserted brush facilitate and simplify frequent cleaning, while its rope and canopy colors best attract hummingbirds to the nectar plant.
