I've been keeping bees for twenty-five years and have not noticed any change in my hay fever and asthma that I could connect with bees or honey. Allergies change with age, changes in hormone balance, and changes in medication, I think. And no two summers have the same weather. The plants I know I am allergic to are wind-pollinated, not insect-pollinated. Goldenrod has sticky pollen; bees and wasps collect it. I do not think many people come into contact with goldenrod pollen. Tim Tim Sterrett Westtown, (Southeastern) Pennsylvania, USA [log in to unmask] 39*55'N 75*33'W