I haven't found any hard evidence to support the local honey for allergies thing, but honey really does have some remarkable medicinal properties, especially as

I haven't found any hard evidence to support the local honey for allergies thing, but honey really does have some remarkable medicinal properties, especially as a natural antibacterial: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3609166/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3609166/