Allen is asking
Does anyone know off-hand, how much pollen is in honey before extracting 
takes place, especially if it comes from white comb?  Do we know how much is 
typical of comb honey compared to extracted honey?

Many original articles about botanical origine of honey show the pollen from 
inmature honey collected from honey combs each 10 days during the season. 
The pollen is there.

If a strong contamination ocurre, you could not check the botanical source.

Some times also there are not enought pollen in honey when you take a sample 
from drums. Often many pollen is precipitated into drums.

Fernando
Córdoba, Argentina 

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