I have friends who are beekeepers and was approached as to making soap using bee pollen...they also want me to do soap with their beeswax and honey. I think it is a marketing ploy for their businesses. I bought some pollen to play around with. I've seen beauty creams with bee pollen. The pollen is collected at the entrance of the hive, and it comes off the bee's body (pollen baskets). I don't think that there would be any allergic reaction as it is not processed in any way by the bees. But why take the chance. You're right, best to keep it on the table not in the soap.