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| 2steps |
Looking for honey (harefield)Does anyone here live near harefield (middlesex) and make their own honey or know someone who does? Asking for a friend who wants to try it for hayfever |
| Chez |
She could try contacting the Mddx associations?
http://www.beekeeping.org.uk/m/ |
| Frewen |
How does the local honey thing work?
I'm intrigued 
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| jocorless |
It's because its made from local nectar and if only lightly filtered can contain quite alot of pollen as well - The low levels of pollen trapped in the honey help the immune system build up resistance and therefore helps to relieve the hayfever symptoms - You are supposed to start taking it about a month or so before the main hayfever season
I only filter my honey to take out any large pieces of debris such as bits of bee and wax but try and leave the pollen in - unless I'm sending the honey to a show and then it gets filtered again through a very fine sieve |