If the outside temperature is high, foragers bring water back to the hive along with nectar and pollen ... bee larvae grow in separate brood cells, honey cells are filled with honey in preparation ...

Regular honey goes through processing that may destroy some of honey’s healthiest compounds, like bee pollen and antioxidants. It can also contain added sweeteners. Honey is a thick, sweet syrup ...

Raw honey also contains bee pollen and propolis. Some people believe processing and pasteurization diminish many of honey’s beneficial elements. However, research has not confirmed that raw ...

Moreover, not all pollen is the same. “Honey is made by honey bees, which collect a very different type of pollen than what causes allergy symptoms,” says Stukus. The pollen that bees collect ...

Because bees use pollen to make honey, some people believe that by eating raw (minimally processed) local honey, they are exposing themselves to trace doses of pollen from nearby plants ...

The beekeeper will usually just filter the honey to remove small bits of debris, including pollen, beeswax, and parts of dead bees. They do not pasteurize the honey. Raw honey appears cloudy or ...