It depends on the allergy, not everyone who is allergic to bee stings will be allergic to the by product of bees.
BUT some people CAN be allergic to beeswax, honey, proplolis, Bees wax craft sheets, candles, royal jelly, bee pollen and its resins AS WELL AS being “Allergic to Bee Stings .

Do not take bee propolis if you have asthma, as it can magnify symptoms.
(Though claims have been made for its use in treating allergies, propolis may cause severe allergic reactions if the user is sensitive to bees or bee products).

If you are allergic to bees stings, have hay fever and/or suffer from seasonal allergies such as pollen BE WARE until you can be tested by a health practitioner to determine your precise allergy.
There is a strong precaution for the use of any bee by product for asthmatics or those who suffer from
A seasonal allergy, that is someone who has an allergic reaction to a trigger that is typically only present for part of a year, such as spring or fall.
This type of allergy refers to a pollen allergy, the pollen bees collect from flowers.

Pollens are tiny egg-shaped powdery grains released from flowering plants, which are carried by the wind or insects, and serve to cross-pollinate other plants of the same type for reproductive purposes. When pollen is present in the air, it can land in a person’s eyes, nose, lungs and skin to set up an allergic reaction.

Due to the natural presence of botulinum endospores in honey, children under one year of age should not be given honey. The more developed digestive systems of older children and adults generally destroy the spores. Infants, however, can contract botulism from honey.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honey

Pollens that are spread by the wind are usually the main cause of seasonal allergies, while pollens that rely on insects (such as the honeybee) to be carried to other plants do not. Most plants with bright, vibrant flowers (such as roses) are insect pollinated and do not generally cause seasonal allergies since the pollen is not usually present in the air.

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Avocado allergy is not a separate allergy as such, rather an allergic cross reaction due to latex allergy or pollen allergy.

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If you suffer from pollen allergy or latex allergy, you might experience allergic symptoms when eating certain fruits, vegetables, spices and nuts. This is called cross-reactions.

Lists of foods
Below are lists of foods that may cross-react with pollen or latex. In the headlines birch pollen, grass and mug wort pollen and latex you can see which foods may cause symptoms.

These lists are not ban lists, but can be used as a guide to what foods you should be aware of. It is rare that you get symptoms from all the food products that are listed under each category. You may very well eat the fruits and vegetables that do not give you symptoms, even if they are on the list. Additionally, you might respond to food that is not listed.

Raw and Cooked
Most suffers of pollen allergy tolerate better the food once they have been boiled, baked or fried. If you have symptoms of raw celery and nuts, you may have problems with these foods even when they are heat treated. You must try your way, unless you have experienced very strong reactions. In that case should you talk to your doctor.

Birch Pollen
Foods which may cause allergic reactions by birch pollen allergy and allergy to elm and hazel

Fruits                       Vegetables                                 Nuts
Apricot                      Carrot                                             Hazelnut
Plum                           Potato                                             Groundnut / Peanut
Peach                         Tomato                                           Almond
Cherry                       Pepper                                            Para nut
Kiwi                            Celery (tuber and foliage)       Walnut
Nectarine
Pear
Apple

Grass Pollen
Foods which may cause allergic reactions in grass allergy
Fruits                          Vegetables                       Nuts
Orange                           Tomato                                Groundnut / Peanut
Melon                            Pea

Mug wort pollen
Foods which may cause allergic reactions in mug wort pollen allergy

Fruit                             Vegetables                            Herbs
Melon                            Green peppers                        Chamomile
Sunflower seeds        Carrot                                         Parsley
Parsnips
Parsley
Celery (tuber and leaf)

Spices and Herbs
Spices and herbs that can give allergic reactions when pollen allergy

Anis

Curry

Merian

Basil coriander oregano

Comment dill Paprika

Tarragon

Pepper (black, white and green)

Fennel wormwood

Thyme

Spices and herbs may cause symptoms if you are allergic to celery and are allergic to mug wort pollen or birch pollen. Reactions to spices and herbs are rare.

Honey chamomile tea and health
By pollen allergy you can rarely get symptoms from eating or drinking anything that contains pollen.

Honey, chamomile tea and some health food products and natural products such as propolis may contain pollen.

Pollen in food is not reflected in the declaration.

Exotic Fruits and Vegetables
Some people with pollen allergy have unexpected symptoms when they eat raw fruit and exotic vegetables. If you usually have strong reactions to food, it’s a good idea to just eat little bits of fruits and vegetables until you know whether you can tolerate them.

Latex Allergy
Foods which may cause allergic reactions in latex allergy

Fruit                          Vegetables
Avocados                  Potato
Banana                       Tomato
Figs
Chestnuts
Kiwi
Papaya

See also: Tomato Allergy, Avocado Allergy

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About 20% of the population suffers from pollen allergy, and if you are one of the unfortunate, you should be aware of certain kinds of foods. See the list here.

The pollen season is upon us. For those, who suffer from allergies, this time in the year is tough to get through, but many people with pollen allergy can also react to a number of foods.

If you suffer from pollen allergy, you might also react to certain kinds of food – for instance when you peel potatoes or eat peaches or apricots. Responses may be itching in the mouth, and some say that the itching seems to continue right out of the ears.

The substances which cause allergies, are proteins. The proteins found in pollen are related to those proteins which are in fruit and vegetables, and the immune system may have difficulties separating them from each other. This may lead to a so-called cross-reaction, where pollen allergic persons reacts allergic to something they have never eaten before.

Sneezing and running eyes

Signs of pollen allergy is sneezing, a runny nose and eyes running (hay fever) together with an annoying itching. The nose might also be so congested that it may be difficult to breathe. In some cases, pollen allergy may cause symptoms from the lungs (asthma).

If you are allergic to pollen you might experience allergic symptoms when you eat certain fruits, vegetables, nuts or spices. The body reacts because it can not distinguish between the allergenic substances (the allergens) in pollen and similar substances in food. This is called cross-reactions.

Every other person with allergies to both birch, grass and mogwort pollen experience symptoms when they eat certain nuts, fruits and vegetables. Among those with only have birch pollen allergy, every three experience cross-reactions.

Some pollen allergic persons may experience symptoms year round, if they eat food that cross reacts with pollen. Others will only have symptoms in the pollen season.

If you suffer from birch pollen allergy, you might also experience symptoms from cross-reacting food when it is the season for pollen from alder, elm or hazel. Similarly, people with allergies to alder, elm and hazel respond to the same food as with birch pollen allergy.

It does not help on the symptoms from the pollen allergy it self that you avoid the foods that cross reacts with pollen.

Symptoms

When responding to food, which cross reacts with pollen, the most common symptoms are itching and swelling on the lips and in the mouth and throat. Some experience that the itching continues right out to the ears.

More rare are symptoms such as hives (rash and itching), asthma and stomach and ingestion problems. A very few people develops eczema on their hands when they touch on some of the food that cross reacts with pollen.

In cases where the reactions are severe such as swelling of the throat and neck, and the cause is not known, the doctor will in some cases perform an allergy test and make a provocation with the suspect foods.

If the doctor chooses to make an allergy test for the cross-reacting food, you should be aware of false positive results. For instance, many with grass pollen allergy will receive a positive response for wheat and other cereal products, when examining the blood sample, but they have no symptoms when they eat wheat. There they should not avoid wheat.

Below is a list of foods that might cross react with pollen.

Birch pollen

Food, which might cause allergic reactions when suffering from birch pollen allergy

Fruit: apricot, plum, peach, cherry, kiwi, nectarine, pear, apple

Vegetables: carrot, potato, tomato, pepper, celery

Nuts: hazelnut, peanut, almond, Brazil nut, walnut

Grass pollen

Food, which might cause allergic reactions when suffering from grass pollen allergy

Fruit: orange, melon

Vegetables: tomato, pea

Nuts: Groundnut / peanut

Mugwort / Sagebrush pollen

Food, which might cause allergic reactions when suffering from Mugwort / Sagebrush pollen allergy

Fruit: Melon, sun flower seeds

Vegetables: Pepper, carrot, parsnip, parsley root, celery

Herbs: Camille, Parsley

Spices and herbs

Spices and herbs, which may cause allergic reactions when suffering from pollen allergy

Anis, curry powder, marjoram, basil, coriander, oregano, dill, caraway, paprika, tarragon, meat, black pepper, fennel, wormwood, thyme.

Exotic fruits and vegetables

Some people with pollen allergy might get unexpected symptoms when they eat raw exotic fruits and vegetables, such as on travel. If you normally have strong reactions against food, it is a good idea to start with little bits of fruit and vegetables until you know whether you can tolerate them or not.

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Allergies to nuts

Nuts are healthy, but they can also cause allergy reactions.
Does your mouth and throat tickle when you eat nuts?
Do you experience hay fever symptoms or hives of eating the smallest piece of almond?

If so it may be signs of allergies to nuts or an allergic cross-reaction to birch pollen.

Both children and adults can react allergic to nuts. We have no accurate records of how many that suffers from tree nut allergy. Most will be young people and adults with birch pollen allergy, experiencing a so-called “cross-reaction”, because their bodies can not distinguish between the allergenic substances in pollen and nuts.

Allergy-reactions to nuts occurs in the majority, just after they have eaten nuts – some will first experience symptoms after a few hours or longer. It is especially hazelnuts, which may give allergic, but also almonds, Brazil nuts and walnuts.

- If you experience symptoms of allergy to nuts – whether it is a cross-reaction or a nut allergy – you must immediately stop eating the nuts, rinse the mouth and possibly take antihistamines if symptoms are mild. If you experience violent reactions, a should doctor assess the situation, but it should be stressed that the vast majority are experiencing mild symptoms.

Yet the advice is that if you already once have responded towards nuts, you should avoid precisely that kind of nuts entirely.

Allergy tests

If you experience allergic reactions to nuts – and you do not know whether you already have pollen allergy – it’s a good idea to have see your doctor for an allergy test for pollen allergy. This is done through a skin prick test or a blood test.

If the test is positive, further studies are rarely necessary. In that case you are allergic to pollen, and it is quite normal that you also react to nuts.

Is the test is negative, a skin test or blood test specifically for nuts reveals exactly which nuts, you can not tolerate.

- If you respond to one kind of nuts is does not necessarily mean that you also respond to other nuts. When allergic to hazel nuts, however, it is quite common also to respond to other tree nuts – such as walnut.

Raw vs. treated nuts

In everyday life, it may seem like a be an obstacle run to avoid nuts all together, because they can be found in many products – such as breakfast cereals, bread, cakes, confectionery and sweets.

– Some foods may contain very small amounts of nuts, without any information about it on the label. For example the product may have been in contact with nuts during production. Here, the producer may choose to write ‘May contain traces of …’ on the product, but it may still be enough for people with allergies to birch pollen and nuts to experience symptoms.

Nut lovers, that reacts allergic to nuts, do however not have to quit eating nuts all together.

– A lot of people who have allergy symptoms to nuts, reacts only on the raw and unprocessed nuts, but can withstand the nuts, as long as they are baked, fried or boiled.

Nuts, that often gives allergic reactions:

• Hazelnut
• Cashew nut
• Almond
• Brazil nut
• Walnut

Nuts, seeds and grains, which rarely gives allergic reactions:

• Poppy seeds
• Pumpkin seeds
• Chestnuts
• Coconuts
• Pecan nuts
• Pine nuts
• Pistachio nuts
• Sesame seeds
• Sun flower seeds

Be careful

• Breakfast cereals – especially muesli often contain nuts.
• Bread – the nuts may be added (such as walnuts).
• Cold cuts – for example contains the Italian sausage Mortadella pistachios.
• Dinner meals – particularly African, Chinese, Indonesian, Mexican, Thai and Vietnamese dishes often contain nuts.
• Cookies, sweets, ice, etc. – Remember: Marzipan is made of almonds, nougat is made of hazelnuts, macaroons may contain marzipan / almonds. Many salads are sprinkled with nuts, cheese and ice are often decorated with nuts.

Peanuts – not a nut!

Despite the name, peanuts are not a nut but a legume. Peanuts has actually no allergens in common with nuts.

If you are allergic to peanuts, you do not necessarily have to avoid other nuts, unless you have a clean nut allergy together with your peanut allergy.

If you do have a clean peanut allergy, you may also react to other legumes – such as green peas, soy, beans and lentils.

Severe symptoms

Peanuts appear in breakfast cereals, peanut butter, some exotic dinners, sauces, dressings and cakes, desserts, sweets, snacks and ice. In the declaration on the food, the peanuts typically hides under names such as groundnut oil, peanut butter and peanut oil.

Symptoms of peanut allergy are – like nut allergy – itching in the mouth and throat, hay fever symptoms and hives. In addition, peanut allergy more often gives violent symptoms such as severe asthma attacks and allergic shock.
– With peanut allergy, often only very small quantities are needed to trigger symptoms. That is why it is important to talk with their doctor about what to do if you by a mistake eat peanuts. You might for instance need to always have fast working medicine with you – such as an EpiPen.

Nuts are also healthy

With a small handful (3/4 – 1 oz) of nuts daily, you can prevent heart disease. In fact you reduce your risk of 20-40 per cent compared to those who do not eat nuts.

Although nuts contain lots of ‘healthy fat’, it is still fat. Therefore you should not just add 1 oz. of nuts on top of you daily diet – unless you want to gain weight. Instead you could replace other forms of fat – such as the saturated and hard fat from the butter or margarine – with peanut butter. As a snack, nuts are also good, but choose those without salt or sugar.

If you are allergic to nuts, you do not have to do without the nuts healthy benefits.

Mainly because you probably do not respond to all nuts. Secondary because many only react to raw nuts – not nuts, which are baked, fried or boiled.

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