re: #482 tradewind

I think it undergoes a fairly excellent filtering process in the steps from pollen to honey… see post above re antibacterial qualities.

It’s antibacterial properties aren’t anything magical - honey has enormous osmotic pressure thanks to it’s high sugar concentration, so bacteria simply dehydrate as soon as they land on it.

Pollutants, on the other hand, tend to increase in concentration - they aren’t filtered at all by the bees that I’ve ever heard of. I forget how many tens of thousands of flower visits it takes to produce a pound of honey, but it’s a lot, and you get everything that those plants have been sprayed with or exposed to as part of the bargain.