SEASONAL ALLERGIES

As a kid and a teenager growing up in Kentucky I had always been around bees and beekeepers and worked with honey, pollen, and any other byproduct of a bee. If I told you any more than that I'd have to kill you.

If there is one thing I learned it's the value of local bee pollen. Bee pollen comes from the male part of the flower that gets picked up by the bodies of the bees. As the bees enter the hive there is a trap that knocks the pollen off of the bee's legs. The beekeeper then bottles it up and sells it to either health food stores or the farmer's market. It is meant to be consumed raw.

What most people don't know is bee pollen can act as an inoculation to local allergies just as taking a flu shot is preventative with the flu if it is the correct strain. The bee pollen just has to come within a 25 mile radius to where you live to be effective. Otherwise you're ONLY getting a great bounty of vitamins, mineral, lipids and energy.
Taking a a granule to no more than a pinky nail size with your breakfast every morning is a great way to start and indicate if you will have a problem with taking bee pollen. You can build up to larger amounts slowly.

Bee pollen is great in cereal, yogurt, smoothies and more. It generally has a sweet, grassy taste to it as if you were eating wheat germ.

WARNING: I have been reading that there are reports of respiratory or allergy issues from taking bee pollen. Bee pollen is also not to be taken by children, if you are nursing or pregnant. In fact, most people don't know that babies can not have honey. They are unable to digest it.

By the way the video contained herein is not endorsed by Beauty By Mary Schook. There are many claims made that have not been approved of by the FDA. It is good 'food' for thought. In addition many of our bees are dying by the second allegedly from pesticides. This tells me pollen is not the end all be all, but among beekeepers it is known to be a very powerful food source.