"Jerry Bromenshenk"
> although the primary pollen in honey are from bee  pollinated sources, 
> we've found a surprising amount of supposedly wind  pollinated pollen in 
> some honeys  - e.g., pine and fir pollen in spring  honey.

I learned a simple reason for this. We noticed that in some cases honeybees 
collect  fir pollen just the same way as they collect normal pollen. We 
could take fir pollen from a pollen trap places in front of the hive and 
confirm the find with microscope.

When bees bring it home you get a lot also in honey.

Maybe they also collect other wind pollinated pollen. Any other confirmed 
cases ?

Ari Seppälä
Finland

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