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 Short FallBack M/c, Build 6.02/3.1 (stable) -- Visit www.honeybeeworld.com/bee-l for rules, FAQ and other info ---