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Many people were taught to boil their sugar solution “to retard spoilage.” Some still believe this is important. I remain in the camp of the unconverted. Boiling certainly helps the sugar dissolve a bit faster, but unless you sterilize the feeder, too, the “retard spoilage” thing is nullified as soon as the nectar hits the unsterilized feeder reservoir.
