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Posted 4/18/2014 2:31 PM (GMT -5)
For the first time in years I began to experience severe allergies and lots of sneezing. Probably because I recently moved to a new area of the country with unfamiliar and exotic flora.

So I bought some LOCAL bee pollen from a health food store. BLAM! All of my allergy symptoms immediately ceased within an hour or two after eating a couple of spoonfuls. Another couple of spoonfuls the next day and absolutely no allergy symptoms for weeks now.

I heard that bee pollen was good for allergies but I wasn't sure if it matters whether the pollen needs to be from local bees and flowers to be effective. But I know for sure that the local stuff works.

Post Edited (BabeintheWoods) : 4/18/2014 1:35:32 PM (GMT-6)

Posted 4/18/2014 2:39 PM (GMT -5)
Yup it works....my hubby does this. It has to be local honey or it won't work. Pretty cool!
Posted 4/18/2014 2:39 PM (GMT -5)
geez. that's awesome, babe!! i've read a lot about the powers of bee pollen so i tried it myself.

i had a crazy allergic reaction to it. seriously- i was COVERED IN HIVES. i am allergic to bee stings but i can eat honey so i figured i would be ok. well, i wasn't. i bought a big bag of it, too, from the farm and still don't know what to do with it. i'm scared to give it to someone and then have them have an allergic reaction, too.
Posted 4/18/2014 3:10 PM (GMT -5)
Glad pollen helped you.
We've been sneezing way more this spring in Florida but not to the level of needing help.

A few years ago I bought some local pollen but never got the chance to take it due to fear I'd screw up my UC symptoms. I'm actually considering becoming a beehive owner, the bees are getting scarce and I want to help Mother Nature out.
Posted 4/19/2014 7:36 AM (GMT -5)

BananaGirl said...
i had a crazy allergic reaction to it. seriously- i was COVERED IN HIVES. i am allergic to bee stings but i can eat honey so i figured i would be ok. well, i wasn't.


Thank you.. thank you... thank you for your post. I forgot the first rule of posting on HealingWell: First do no harm. With widespread food allergies everywhere I forgot that there are others who can go into serious anaphylactic shock after eating certain foods like bee pollen.

If someone wants to try local bee pollen to cure spring allergies they should first eat only a couple of grains of the stuff to see if it is safe for your particular body chemistry.
Posted 4/19/2014 12:40 PM (GMT -5)
That's awesome that it worked for you. I have no allergies, but have heard they can be quite the annoyance. There's a lawyer in town here that had very severe allergies. He did the local bee pollen thing, and they have never returned. It's funny cause when you're a new client his secretary actually adds an extra 5 min to each first appointment cause she says he loves to share his story. She makes a point to ask if you got the "bee story" when you leave.

Will be really interesting to see if it has any effect on your UC - There was a guy on here a while ago that said he got rid of his UC by taking local bee pollen. I think here was from Greece or something. Some may remember this.
Posted 4/19/2014 1:46 PM (GMT -5)
I made some calls yesterday - found a local gal who is just weeks away from starting pollen collection - they do sell their honey , and she claims some of her customers have mentioned allergy improvement - so until the pollen is available, my wife will be trying the honey everyday -
Posted 4/24/2014 9:25 AM (GMT -5)

Some people said...
A few years ago I bought some local pollen but never got the chance to take it due to fear I'd screw up my UC symptoms...

Will be really interesting to see if it has any effect on your UC - There was a guy on here a while ago that said he got rid of his UC by taking local bee pollen...

For sure bee pollen has not made my UC worse, maybe the same or slightly better. PB4 says bee propolis helps her IBD.

I haven't eaten any pollen for weeks now after taking the initial spoonfuls. No need to, allergies haven't returned.

Post Edited (BabeintheWoods) : 4/24/2014 8:30:03 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 4/24/2014 9:36 AM (GMT -5)
I used to have relatively bad spring time allergies and it seemed like each year it would get worse. A month ago I started taking local bee pollen & honey. I am amazed with the results! So far I haven't had any allergy symptoms at all!

No negative effect on my UC.

Anyone on here try Royal Jelly?
Posted 5/1/2014 4:46 PM (GMT -5)
I'm so interested too, to hear everything about bee pollen and its ability to make better your uc symptoms. I've heard smth about bee propolis but i don't have ever tried it, i don't know how to prepare it and take. Also, i find interesting the royall jelly (the royal milk) does it help our symptoms? What is its effect?
Posted 5/1/2014 5:40 PM (GMT -5)
Haven't tried bee propolis, but would seem to make sense. I use raw local honey instead, however and seems to have a similar effect. It also cleared my skin a bit.
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