Why can't vegetarians eat honey?

Question

Well, I know they can but most of them don't. Why?

I'm a vegetarian not a vegan.

I don't eat food from animals that are treated badly in the process of making it. Are bees treeated badly?

Answer 1

I am not a vegan either. However, I do not eat honey. The reason for this is because the honey is made for bees to eat, not us. They get trampled on and kniied when the beekeepers get the honey. You can learn more on

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Answer 2

I don't eat food from animals that are treated badly in the process of making it. Are bees treeated badly?

No a portion of the honey is removed for human use but the hive is left with enough to survive well. No bees are killed this would be counterproductive. They are oftened hauled around to choice fields to aid in pollination and make there yield better/more tasty.
Bee keeping may well have started about the same time that man started cultivating crops and got away from the hunter gatherer thing

Answer 3

Well, as a vegetarian, I eat it. Vegans don't because it comes from bees, and sometimes they're treated badly.

Answer 4

Vegetarians can and do eat honey, it's vegans who don't because it comes from bees.

Answer 5

I thought only Vegans avoided honey since it's derived from an "animal" source.
There are many vegetarians that I know that eat honey.
There are vegetarians that eat dairy and eggs so why not honey?

Answer 6

Vegans dont eat honey but most vegetarians I know use honey.

Answer 7

Most vegetarians eat honey, vegan people do not eat it. Honey is made by bees and it belongs only to them. Humans don't need honey survive or be healthy, bees do.

Answer 8

Veggies do ~ Vegans don't usually.
It is a animal product like milk. It is actually very good for you. Using Local Raw Honey is very helpful over coming airborne allergies.

Answer 9

Not neccesarily, they are not harmed.... The bees are kept at a 'Bee Farm'. They take the honey and put it in these combs, as in their hive. Periodically, The large boxes are opened, and the combs are taken out and extracted their honey. No harming of the bee is committed. [:


Some Vegetarians don't eat honey because maybe they don't want to. [:

Hope this helped!

Answer 10

i am a vegetarian too, vegans dont eat honey because it is an animal bi-product (it comes from bees) vegetarians can eat it though, your not actually eating the animal

vegetarians cant eat gelatin though, because its usually made from animal bones