-- Zachary Huang <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>One year I ate a small piece of "comb honey" from an exposed colony which we harvested...I  susopect that there were a few pollen cells containing high amounts of ragweed pollen. 

...i have a niece and nephew who have many severe food allergies.  interestingly, cucumbers are a problem...but pickles are not.  (and yes, i know not all pickles are fermented).

since it is often stated that eating pollen does not cause an allergic reaction, i wonder if it was simply too fresh, and had not been fermented yet.

this is pure speculation on my part, but it is an interesting area.

deknow

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