Dissolve 1 part sugar in four parts water. A part can be any volume as long as you use the same volume to measure both the sugar and the water (1/4 cup sugar to 1 cup water, 2 tablespoons sugar to 8 tablespoons water, 1 yogurt cup sugar to 4 yogurt cups water, etc.). Red food coloring isn't necessary and may be harmful to the birds' health.
Nuts! And some seeds. Mostly peanuts though.
Not really. Most likely when the orioles come the hummingbirds will fly away. However, when the oriole leaves the hummingbirds will return again. If the hummingbirds do not return put up a oriole feeder that should keep it away from the hummingbird feeder.
Sugar water. They like red feeders. Google hummingbird+feeder for more.
The Hummingbirds might die...
You can, but it's better to have them several feet apart.
Early Spring
Do not put beech in a hummingbird feeder and present this as food to the birds, it will kill them.
If too warm/hot the hummingbird will not feed.
They begin to arrive around the 3rd week in April.
late feb,early march.
no
Not really. Most likely when the orioles come the hummingbirds will fly away. However, when the oriole leaves the hummingbirds will return again. If the hummingbirds do not return put up a oriole feeder that should keep it away from the hummingbird feeder.
If it is not a hummingbird feeder, use sunflower seed.
feeder
A bee guard for a hummingbird feeder looks like a trough of water. The trough looks like a circle around the top of the feeder.
Yes.
2 weeks
sure, it'll make for some nicely colored porch decoration later too