How do you keep a hummingbird feeder from dripping and attracting ants

I do not know why it is dripping,however a deterrent would be to rub the feeder with vaseline.

Ant moats are fantastic, just fill with water and attach the feeder to the bottom, you can get them at Home Depot or Lowes.

Do not use Vaseline, if this gets onto the hummers wings it will mess up its feathers and will not be able to fly.

Hummers are delicate little things.

all sites say to put vaseline

The best way is to figure out why it's dripping; maybe you just need a rubber washer/gasket where the bottle connects to the feeder section (if that's where it's leaking). My sister uses the ant moats that Ray suggested and she has no problem with ants. Mine doesn't leak so I don't have a problem with ants however, it's the bees that swarm all over the feeder sometimes. So far they haven't nested and I'm glad to have the bees, so they can have it. They leave once the sugar water is gone.

I wonder if Vaseline would deter squirrels from my other bird feeders, I might try it - the squirrels in my yard seem immune to the hot pepper concoction.

Don't put the Vaseline on the feeder, put a thin layer of it only on the wire, chain, etc. from which the feeder is hanging. The hummingbirds will not touch the 'hanger' as they're after the openings to get the nectar. The Vaseline prevents ants, earwigs, and all other crawling insects and mice from using the 'hanger' as a roadway to the feeder below. This is way I was taught to protect the feeder when I was only 10-yrs-old, I've used this method for 60+ years and have never had any problems.

We use a moat made from a larger sunken dish and put the feeder in the center-the ants go in and drown. I would never use vaseline.