I would say that there is NO way that there could NOT be pollen in EVERY 
cell.

It's not like the bees have a strict de-pollinating regimen they go thru 
when making the transition from gathering pollen to gathering nectar 
......oops.....better not give the regulators any ideas, else we will have 
to install bee-showers in very hive !

The simple act of them walking across the combs when laden with pollen is 
going to inevitably cause cross-'contamination' (quotes added to illustrate 
the futility of attempting to keep a food both 'natural' and 'pure')






----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Berninghausen" <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2013 11:53 AM
Subject: Re: [BEE-L] Honey: constituent or ingredient?


All this discussion makes me wonder, isn't pollen present in the honey in 
the uncapped cells? If not, where is all of the pollen in extracted honey 
coming from? It isn't coming from pollen cells. Not in the extractions I 
have been involved in. The percentage of combs extracted which have pollen 
cells in them, cells usually adjacent to brood cells, is nil. From my 
experience anyway.

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