From the cited study:

> Two hundred two volunteers participated in the study; 145 were atopic patients with respiratory allergy. The remaining 57 were healthy volunteers or nonatopic patients and served as a control group. None of the control group subjects exhibited positive SPT results to bee pollen extracts. However, 73% of atopic patients reacted to one or more extracts of bee pollen.

> The present study showed that bee pollen contains significant amounts of airborne pollen.  As a consequence, a pollen-sensitive person who ingests bee pollen that contains the relevant airborne pollen, may be at risk for the development of an allergic reaction.

> Pollen allergic persons should, therefore, be warned accordingly before ingesting bee pollen. In Australia and New Zealand, an allergy surveillance label on the packages of foods that contain bee pollen is already obligatory, according to the national Food Standards Code (www.foodstandards.gov.au).

Bee pollen sensitivity in airborne pollen allergic individuals
Constantinos Pitsios, MD, et al. Ann Allergy Asthma Immunol. 2006;97:703–706.

[ATOPIC = a form of allergy in which a hypersensitivity reaction such as dermatitis or asthma may occur in a part of the body not in contact with the allergen]

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