Since science only can quote anecdotal evidence for honey's benefit in allergies, allow me to suggest another possible mechanism.  An allergy is the response of an immune sytem in blind hyperdrive.  It's an immune system out of whack.  Who knows what causes the immune system to be so out of balnce but, if honey does not supply allergy causing pollens through the digestive system, perhaps it simply helps re-balance the immune system in other ways?

Why doesn't it work in all cases?  Perhaps the factors causing the immune sytems to be out of balance are stronger in some individuals. 

Science has a lot of work to do when it comes to good health.  A lot of people do ask for local honey claiming that it helps.

Waldemar 

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