2006-08-07 10:59:51 · 13 answers · asked by kara_p_uk 2 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
Bee pollen when is taken from the hive, it is a golden thick-- almost crystallized-- curd of the honey. Some organic stores allow the pollen to dry and put the powder in capsules. When farmers are about to cut the hives, I usually ask them to leave a piece of the honeycomb for me and what they will do for very good customers is give you the natural Bee pollen. By the way, it is not in a powdered form naturally. First they have to dry it and then pulverize it. Honey is natural and so is Bee pollen.
Boaz.
2006-08-07 11:15:43 · answer #1 · answered by Boaz 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Not a strict vegan, but I've known plenty of vegans who did eat bee pollen and honey. A lot of vegans are against the factory farming and cruelty associated with animal products, so some are okay with eating something a bee produces.
2006-08-07 11:27:12 · answer #2 · answered by magerk 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, vegans may not take bee pollen if they want to stay vegans. Bee pollen is stolen from the bees by putting scrapers on the edge of the hive to scrape it off their legs as they enter the hive. Sometimes their legs get scraped off too.
Bee Pollen is ok for vegetarians though.
2006-08-07 11:07:52 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The bees pass through a narrow opening to get to the hive. It's designed to scrape the bee pollen off but sometimes takes off a leg. It's totally your call. It wouldn't be stealing from the bees as taking the honey is because the pollen collects without extra effort and they don't use it for anything.
2006-08-07 15:47:09 · answer #4 · answered by Joyce T 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
The last time I checked bees were not plants sooooo I'm thinking that since bees make bee pollen much like cows make milk, your hard core vegans won't eat bee pollen....
2006-08-07 12:14:38 · answer #5 · answered by zappyrat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
do people eat bee pollen? or do you mean honey?
2006-08-07 11:03:52 · answer #6 · answered by chris 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT is from flowers so why not. bees pollinate the flowers that make fruits and vegetables part of the time. they eat the fruits and vegetables, so what is the difference?
2006-08-07 11:08:58 · answer #7 · answered by Ginnykitty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Absolutely not.
It's still an animal by product.
2006-08-07 11:04:22 · answer #8 · answered by Hippie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It contains an animal product (bee spit) so no.
2006-08-07 11:13:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
No and why would you want to? Doesnt sound too appealing to me.
2006-08-07 13:51:32 · answer #10 · answered by Krusd 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋