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wholly or in part from animals (stepaniak) . people who follow a vegan diet for health or environmental reasons, please take note . we don't, however, need to go back to to define honey as not vegan. any definition of veganism would talk about not exploiting animals, and honeybees (apis mellifera) are
, without a doubt, animals. honeybees are in the phylum arthropoda--the same as lobsters and crabs. so in addition to crustaceans, if honeybees don't merit respect, that would also leave earthworms vulnerable to dissection in biology classes. similarly, iscallops, snails, and oysters would be fair game...
http://www.vegetus.org/honey/honey.htm