#Repost @rawforhealth ・・・ . Honey is probably the product most frequently mistaken as vegan-friendly. There is a common misconception that bees make their honey especially for us, but this couldn’t be much further from the truth. . Honey is made by bees for bees, and their health is sacrificed when it is harvested by humans. Importantly, harvesting honey does not correlate with The Vegan Society's definition of veganism, which seeks to exclude not just cruelty, but exploitation. . What is honey? . Honey is bees’ single source of food and essential nutrients during poorer weather and the winter months. A honeybee, the species used in commercial honey production, will visit up to 1500 flowers in order to collect enough nectar to fill its ‘honey stomach’; a second, separate stomach in which enzymes begin to break down the nectar into honey. After returning to the hive, this is regurgitated and chewed by ‘house bees’ to complete the honey-making process. The hive works as a collective to provide each member with an adequate supply, each bee producing just a twelfth of a teaspoon of honey in its lifetime: significantly less than most people would expect. Honey is fundamental to a hive’s wellbeing. . Unethical practices . Claims that consuming honey helps the bee population thrive are not true. When farmers remove honey from a hive, they replace it with a sugar substitute which is significantly worse for the bees’ health since it lacks the essential nutrients, fats and vitamins of honey. The bees then exhaust themselves by working to replace the missing honey. During the removal of honey, many honeybees can die after stinging the farmers, as they cannot remove their stinger. . #honey #honeyisnotvegan #plantbased #plantpower #meatfree #crueltyfree #consciousbite #newvegan #govegan @rawforhealth 🐝 #bee #bees #vegansofig #vegansofinsta
