Since 1999, now US-based—wildlife conservation. Flowers & insects first: then science-backed nectar.

SCIENTIFIC PAPERS

Hummers Nectar: the World’s First Scientifically Formulated Nectar.

The materials linked on this page are provided for transparency and professional review: laboratory analyses, supporting data, and a peer-reviewed scientific publication related to our hummingbird nectar research. This is a public showcase of evidence, not a complete archive.

The collection is intentionally non-exhaustive and should not be treated as a standalone technical dossier or as the full basis for final conclusions without context.

For the complete documentation set, methodology notes, veterinary records, or clarification on limitations and interpretation, please write to us.

PEER-REVIEWED RESEARCH LINK

Laboratory Analyses & Supporting Research

Below is a curated set of analytical work supporting our research: laboratory results on fruit flies and other insects commonly preyed upon by hummingbirds, nectar-related analyses, and additional supporting tests. You will also find selected bibliographic research and reference materials used to frame methods, interpret outcomes, and cross-check findings against existing literature.

This collection is provided as a professional-facing snapshot of the broader work—representative, NOT exhaustive. We have deliberately published on this page the research and analysis carried out over 10 years ago to provide evidence of our decade of work. But if you need full reports, raw data, methodologies, or additional analyses or veterinary records for interpretation, please contact us.

University Collaborations & Agreements

This section includes selected documentation related to our academic collaborations—such as partnership agreements, research cooperation frameworks, and other materials that reflect ongoing or past work with universities and academic institutions.

These links are intended to demonstrate the academic context and seriousness of our work, not to serve as a complete archive. For verification requests, additional documentation, or institutional references, please contact us.

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Field-tested

Produced by our scientific institution in our laboratories, building on research conducted in cooperation with Chelab Laboratories (Treviso, Italy), Seris Lab (Genova, Italy), and the Department of Agricultural and Environmental Science, University of Udine, Italy.

Field-tested in Ecuador, Colombia, Peru, Dominican Republic and in European Zoological Institutions.

From hatching

Our Nectar has allowed the weaning of hummingbird nestlings abandoned by their mothers on the first day of life

To fledging

Our nectar has allowed the complete development of the little hummingbirds weaned by our keepers

Ecuadorian research station

in the Ecuadorian scientific station with our: Vice Director Federica Cardarelli, Senior Keeper Thalia Pardo and assistant Jane Villasis

His Excellency

Our nectar inaugurated by His Excellency the Ambassador of Italy in the Ecuadorian cloud forest

The Ecuadorian University

The agreement with the Universidad UCE, in the presence of Rector Fernando Sempértegui and Dean of Veterinary Medicine Prof. Aragon

Also in Colombia and Peru

Our nectar is also used in Colombia and Peru to detoxify hummingbirds accustomed to water and sugar

Italian Deputy Minister Dr. Menia in Peru

The two Ministries of the Environment join forces to produce Hummers Nectar in Peru

The University of Udine

Rector Prof. Compagno, Prof. Susmel, and the late Prof. De Ferra back in 2008 during the study of the first formulations of the nectar

The Colombian University

The agreement with the University of Boyaca in with the envoy of the President of the Republic of Colombia, Hon. Ciro Montañez

Italy 1999, where it all began...

Prof. Karl Schuchmann (University of Bonn) who first decoded hummingbirds’ diet in 1978. The godfather who helped found our Center!

The incubator

Our Curator Rebeca Guler monitoring the temperature, humidity, and heartbeat of the embryo

The Minister of the Environment

Back in 2004, the Italian Minister of the Environment inaugurated the first experimental version of Hummers Nectar

A Tribute to Our Origins

Alitalia and Italy’s Friuli Venezia Giulia regional government dedicated this livery to our Center’s work, with the hummingbird as its emblem—a tribute to our research since 1999. A high-flying symbol of conservation that took off in Italy and has now landed in the United States.