>However, I am still interested to know whether E341 is hazardous to bees - >I would have thought not as icing sugar and various forms of bakers' >fondant - have been used for many years in queen cages... I do not know of any commercial fondant containing anti-caking agents. In response to my enquiry about additives, our supplier sent me a specification sheet listing just three ingredients - sucrose, glucose solids and water. http://www.stratford-upon-avon.freeserve.co.uk/PENotes/FondantSpecification.htm Best wishes Peter *********************************************** The BEE-L mailing list is powered by L-Soft's renowned LISTSERV(R) list management software. For more information, go to: http://www.lsoft.com/LISTSERV-powered.html Guidelines for posting to BEE-L can be found at: http://honeybeeworld.com/bee-l/guidelines.htm