Hummingbird Nectar

What do hummingbirds eat?Hummingbirds are nectivores and insectivores; approximately 90% of their diet comes from nectar and 10% from arthropods (flies, wasps, spiders, beetles, and ants). If you watch closely, you will sometimes recognize them picking insects out of spider webs or off leaves, bark, etc. What is the composition of nectar?The sugar in flower nectar is primarily sucrose, like that of white sugar. So don't use honey or artificial sweeteners (illogical says Spock, but some

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