> Whilst wind-borne it is also foraged on by honey bees as, I suspect, are other wind-borne pollens.

Of course, bees collect pollen wherever they can get it. They don't know anything about Anemophilous and Entomophilous plants. We have reported on bees scavenging chickenfeed dust, saw dust, and who-knows-what-else in the dung piles. 

But back to Artemisia, its appearance in nectar or honey may indicate bees foraging on Artemisia of course, but more likely it just blows everywhere and ends up there. If you look closely at honey, you will not be happy what you find. 

Dust, pollutants, botulism spores, it has it all! That is, unless its super-filtered by industrial honey packing facilities, which also robs it of any of its unique properties and makes it just like ordinary treacle.

PLB

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