This is my first post to BEE-L: I have been lurking in
the background for a couple of years now, and have found the
postings to this list to be very informative, with a minimum
of rubbish.
 
    I am a small commercial beekeeper in Western Australia,
and today a client for whom I was removing some nuisance
bees asked a question I couldn't answer.....
 
    Does eating locally-produced raw honey reduce ones
reaction to airborne pollen i.e. hay fever? He had heard
claims made to this effect, and thought that, as a
beekeeper, I should know the truth.
 
    I thought it a very good question. I can see that it
might be of help if ingesting and digesting samples of the
local pollen produces any degree of tolerance. On the other
hand, I don't know that breathing and eating the stuff are
in any way equivalent vis-a-vis allergies.
 
    I hope this first attempt to glean some information from
the BEE-L readership bears fruit. Thank you all for the
information and entertainment I have received so far.
 
Regards,
Ken Morris <[log in to unmask]>
Hillgrove Farm, Batavia Coast, Western Australia
Phone: (08) 9926 1087 Fax: (08) 9926 1338
http://www.wn.com.au/hillgrove
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