Just wondering, because the definition of a vegan is someone who omits ALL animal products.
2007-02-20 07:11:16 · 13 answers · asked by satirecafe 3 in Food & Drink ➔ Vegetarian & Vegan
bees are absolutely animals. insects are animals.
2007-02-20 07:28:59 · update #1
People argue that honey is vegan either out of ignorance or an unwillingness of applying strict definitions. For example, the way that some people claim to be vegetarian when they eat fish when they are actually Pesco-vegetarians.
2007-02-20 07:18:27 · answer #1 · answered by aberrantgeek 3 · 5⤊ 1⤋
I am vegan. I do not eat honey, but not for the reasons stated so far. Bees are insects and collect pollen from flowers which they then take back to their hive and deposit into the cells they have made from wax, and honey is stored in these, not in the bee. Some vegans object to the habit in America that bees are killed off by the owners in winter and only the queen and selected few are kept until plentiful flowers again... these are ethical vegans, the reason I don't eat honey is that I suffer from a lot of allergies, and now with so many GM foods grown, the chances of it being absorbed into honey source has already been proven in England, where increases in asthma and skin conditions have been linked back to Gm crops. where pollen was collected by the bees. We have a pure breed of bees from Kangaroo Is. off, Australia, where the bees cant survive an ocean trip, and GM crops are banned, but I wouldn't take the chance to eat it either. I love golden syrup, made from sugar(we do not use animal bones in our sugar industry)
2007-02-20 19:15:48 · answer #2 · answered by jaja 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
There is some debate due to people not knowing the emotions and feelings of bugs. Many don't understand what people actually do to bees to get their honey. I know I was confused the first time I heard it.
I think that overall it is a lack of adherence to definitions. Like people who eat fish and say they are vegetarians when they are actually animal-eaters, and therefore, not vegetarians at all.
2007-02-20 21:58:09 · answer #3 · answered by Squirtle 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
You have to wonder why we eat bee spit and pollen. It's a little odd, but tasty. I've always wanted to taste fresh honey right from the hive. That might be nice. But I think it takes a bee 2000 trips to make just a teaspoon of it.
2007-02-20 15:19:44 · answer #4 · answered by Mr. Maul 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Because some people don't know the deffenition of vegan means no honey and call themselves one anyways.
2007-02-20 18:14:03 · answer #5 · answered by slawsayssss 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
honey is not vegan. Bees have a face. People are mostly just uninformed
2007-02-20 15:46:01 · answer #6 · answered by beebs 6 · 3⤊ 1⤋
They are confused. Honey is an animal by product, just like wool, silk, milk etc.
2007-02-20 15:56:26 · answer #7 · answered by KathyS 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Technically honey isn't really an animal product. It is a product of the stuff that bees pick up from flowers
2007-02-20 15:19:18 · answer #8 · answered by crossndunk 3 · 0⤊ 6⤋
If you go to the FAQ'S tab and scroll down you will see this issue discussed. Click this link: http://www.vegan.org
2007-02-20 15:17:58 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Honey is not made out of Bees, therefore making it a "meat" product , it is made by Bees out of pollen from flowers. Know your Horticulture!!!
2007-02-20 16:44:10 · answer #10 · answered by heres-jonny 1 · 0⤊ 5⤋