The hummingbird seems to never appear. Ive only seen it a couple times. Also, whenever i put a villager on the flower, it flies away! Help!

Wait until the hummingbird flies away to pick the flower, but be quick, as it won't stay in full bloom long.

I've not timed it, but a hummingbird seems to appear about once every 10-15 minutes. Follow it carefully and take careful note of which flower it stops at. Once it has flown away (not before) you can drop a peep on the flower to collect it for the lei.

TIP 1: Use kids rather than adults as they run faster.
TIP 2: Don't try to pile all the kids at once onto the flower. They'll quite likely start a jumping or racing contest instead. Wait until one starts moving away before dropping the next.
TIP 3: Don't pause the game, at least in the current version. Version 1.00.01 has a pause-related bug that might mean that the game will crash and you'll lose up to the last 10 minutes.

the humming bird polenets them.

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Keep putting your villager on the ropes until their status says "repairing the ropes". They will then go and get the cloth to repair the rope. You need to do this each time you want to repair a rope.