May 12, 2021
Sandra Nomoto of SandraNomoto.com explains why vegans don’t eat honey.
“The Content Doctor” Sandra Nomoto is a content writer and editor for ethical and cruelty-free businesses, and copyeditor, ghostwriter, and book formatter for authors. At 25, she founded Conscious Public Relations Inc., an award-winning public relations agency that focused on telling the stories of purpose-driven businesses. She authored The Only Public Relations Guide You’ll Ever Need in 2019, and volunteers on the Board of Directors of the Vancouver Mural Festival. She blogs on vegan lifestyle at SandraNomoto.com, and lives in East Vancouver BC Canada with her husband.
Original post: https://www.sandranomoto.com/2019/06/20/why-vegans-dont-consume-honey/
Update from Sandra's Blog:
Update May 2023: Since this blog post, I’ve come across “vegan” beekeepers and the show Evolving Vegan (Season 1, Episode 6), which have proposed that beekeeping brings no harm to bees and is therefore vegan. I agree that individual beekeeping prevents hives from being formed in inconvenient places and is a better method of helping bees pollinate plants vs. companies that mass produce honey. Regarding whether humans should take the bees’ byproduct, one Google search will tell you that honey is the primary source of carbohydrates for bees, and even in excess, is stored to last them through the winter. So while beekeeping might be a vegan hobby, harvesting honey is not vegan and the honey should be left for the bees to use as nature intended.
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