Quote Originally Posted by Queen View Post
So, tell me...what is bee pollen and how do you eat it (plain, on food, in food)???
It's little pellets of actual flower pollen, collected by honeybees. They go from flower to flower, getting more golden powdery pollen and patting it into balls which they pack onto their back legs. When they get a big pellet gathered, they head back to the hive, where the pollen is made into honey.
Beekeepers who collect and sell pollen have special little contraptions they put on the hive doorway that lets the bee enter, but knocks the pollen ball off their hind legs as they enter, the pollen pellets falling into a collection tray. (My daughter told me about this). Of course they don't take ALL the pollen or the bees would die off!
Here's a random website describing and selling bee pollen:
http://www.draperbee.com/info/beepollen.htm
(I have not ordered from them, I don't know them)

My first taste of the little grains of pollen was years ago- it has a unique honey/fruity/chewy/grainy taste, somewhat strong. I just toss a 1/4 teaspoon at a time on my tongue and chew it up. You only eat a teaspoon or two a day- it's not the kind of stuff you'd eat a bowl of! I developed a real liking for the taste and texture. It's not for everyone, so one should order a small amount the first time- look for it in a big health food store. It's usually kept refrigerated (or should be).