>>I do have family members with severe (life threatening) food allergies 
however, and I 
>>would caution anyone who sells honey (or serves it at a 
fair) to put potential allergens 
>>in the hive.  You want to see a 
beekeeping related lawsuit?...try a child who dies from 
>>a banana allergy
 from your honey.

This sounds like a pretty good master's project for a graduate student:  "Does the introduction of peeled bananas into a hive environment contaminate the honey subsequent to the introduction of the banana?".

Mike in LA

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