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Hi Mike
> Or, you could try using a miniature marshmallow compressed to fit the
> opening in the queen cage.
While I have used marshmallow successfully for releasing queens, I would
not recommend it for travelling cages, unless you are talking about
transfer from one apiary to another within a few minutes, mailing would
cause the marshmallow to shrink and/or could easily be completely
consumed as it does not contain as much sucrose as queen candy.
In UK we use honey to make queen candy... We have a policy of
destruction by fire for AFB and no use of antibiotics, that does not
mean that AFB does not occur, but it is very rare.
Regards & Best 73s, Dave Cushman, G8MZY
http://website.lineone.net/~dave.cushman or http://www.dave-cushman.net
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