At least one informal (unfunded) study on allergies and honey conducted by students at Xavier University in New Orleans produced positive results. Researchers divided participants into three groups: seasonal allergy sufferers, year-round allergy sufferers and non-allergy sufferers. These groups were further divided into three subgroups with some people taking two teaspoons of local honey per day, others taking the same amount of non-local honey each day and the final subgroup not taking honey at all. The Xavier students found that after six weeks, allergy sufferers from both categories suffered fewer symptoms and that the group taking local honey reported the most improvement [source: Cochran].

DaviDC. wrote:
I'm allergic to honey.

TLB wrote:
...the other hypothesis is that ingestion of local honey exposes your system to local pollens and reduces the severity of future allergic reactions--not unlike periodic allergy shots. My MD subscribes to the theory and strongly recommends local honey for most everyone with seasonal allergies.