honey (bee vomit)

As an ethical vegan, over the years I have come across many raw fooders and have read in numerous raw food books example Fabulous Living Food Recipes by Paul Benhaim who promotes the use of honey and bee pollen in their recipes. What is natural about stealing bee's food, bit like stealing cow's milk which is for the calf? These 'psuedo' raw foodies are having themselves on. Firstly some facts on honey. Honey (bee vomit) is produced by bees, bees are insects and therefore are animals. HONEY IS NOT VEGAN. Has that sunk in raw foodies who use honey products? There no such thing as 'organic' honey, since when do bees fly to organic flowers and plants and other bees fly to non-organic flowers and plants? Organic honey is a furfy. Queen bees are artifically inseminated with sperm obtained from decapitated bees. The queen bees are slaughtered every two years because over a period of time their egg producing abilities decline (in her natural lifespan she produces half a million eggs, however, as she lives for two years in the factory farm hives she produces 150,000 eggs). So then the hive becomes unproductive and uneconomic. When the human bee stealers smokes the hive and remove the combs many bees are crushed and killed, many lose their legs and wings. The clipping of the queen bees prevent them from swarming (flying off). Bees are also victims of vivisection and in Australia trials are being undertaken to produce a 'stingless' bee for easier handling. Other experiments are conducted in research and development (Macquarie University is one) into colonies that will produce more honey thus making more money. Bees left in their natural environment have 40,000 to 60,000 bees in the swarm and can survive up to 20 years and fly about 800km in their life. In the factory farmed hives the bees live a much lesser life the queen bee up to 2 years! Bee Pollen is the food source for bees yet human steal the pollen from the bees for their own greed. Royal Jelly is the sole source of nourishment for the queen bee, again the human steals this for their own vanity. Venom (sting of the bee) is collected by putting an electrically charge membrane across the entrance to the hive, so when the bees fly into the factory farm hives they receive an electric shock and sting the membrane, thus depositing the venom. This is collected by the bee stealers which is used in 'pseudo' medicine industry. Propolis is a resinous substance produced by the bees to fill the holes, varnish and strengthen the hive, bees also use it as a natural antibiotic, antiviral and antifungal agent, again is stolen by the human bee stealers for medicine and food supplement. If after you have read this and you feel good about eating bee vomit, don't tell yourself you are a vegan/rawfoodie. Alternatives maple syrup, concentrated fruit juices, molasses, golden syrup, stevia, rice syrup, xylitol-plums and dates.