In a message dated 5/11/00 6:42:49 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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>
>          For what it is worth: people in VA, a high allergy state; who
>  suffer from pollen allergies, like my comb honey because , they say, it
>  contains local pollens to which they are allergic. All I know is it tastes
>  good.

   The thing I have wondered all along is whether the allergy relief the
anecdotal evidence points to is from the pollen contained in local honey or
the antioxidants which seem to suffer less from the minimal processing local
honey undergoes as compared to the heating filtration and storage of the big
packing houses.