Buzz Off! How to Beat Local Allergies With Local Honey
Drippy. Itchy. Stuffy. Groggy. Sound familiar? If you regularly suffer from springtime allergies, the answer is probably yes. While loading up on the Claritins, Benadryls, or Zyrtecs is one option, you can also try some local honey.
When bees ingest the nectar from flowers, they’re also ingesting some of the plants’ pollen. This nectar is later regurgitated by the bees and stored in their honeycombs. After the bees use their wings to evaporate some of the water from the nectar, honey is created.
March 3rd, 2009 in
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