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Stephen Beidner's avatar

Yes, whether you choose to eat honey is a personal decision. However it is not a vegan product, and vegans don't consume it. Bottom line is that humans steal this honey food from the bees, and bees are also killed in the process. Why anyone needs honey is beyond me. It is sugar. We don't need to consume it. If you must...there are a lot more natural sweeteners. Or just eat some fruit and get all the sweetness you will ever need packaged with fiber and other nutrients that are beneficial to you.

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Sascha Camilli's avatar

Well, there are also ethical concerns as to how the animals are treated. Bees are routinely abused in the honey industry, just like larger animals are in the trades that exploit them. For example, they are forcefully impregnated just like cows are in the dairy industry. The queen bee's wings are sometimes cut off so that she cannot leave the colony. Commonly, bees have their legs and wings torn off due to haphazard handling. All of this would be seen as appalling cruelty when done to larger animals, but somehow we disregard it when it's insects.

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