On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 21:05:36 +0100, Graham &/or Annie Law <
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>Questions;
>.           Do honey bees collect pollen from grasses?

Zachary said:
**Bees have seen collecting corn and rag weed pollen, both are wind pollen.
I almost killed myself once (being highly allergic to rag weed pollen) by
chewing a piece of comb honey with pollen.

Answer to Zachary & research project in U.K.:

Interesting!  Never heard of the problem before. Our bees gather large
amounts of pollen for winter while on fall wildflower locations. You can see
the pollen in cells in the honey supers. Most is spun out with the honey.
The honey is dark , full of suspended pollen and many swear the honey helps
their allergies (including myself).

I have used the fall honey for my ragweed allergies for years. If I forget
to take a teaspoon a day for around three days my allergies start up. When I
start the fall honey again the allergies slow down. The only thing which
will let me breath normal is the first frost but I do not have to take
medicine for my ragweed allergies
.
Everybody is  different but my customers say the dark fall honey only
filtered through nylon helps with their allergies. I doubt they would keep
buying the dark (bakery grade in my opinion) honey if did not help.

Most take a teaspoon a day ( my dose) which would be quite a bit less than
you ate in your comb honey. I do not sell comb honey with pollen in it and
if a cell slips by would not be ragweed at the time of year when made.

Sincerely,
Bob Harrison

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