Bees make honey for themselves, let’s get that fact out of the way first. The sweet golden syrup is an important food source for the insects and helps them to sustain their colonies over winter. While bees in commercial hives are given a sugar water solution after the honey is taken from them, this still doesn’t have many of the essential health properties that honey has. Bees also work incredibly hard to make honey. In fact, it takes 12 worker bees to make just one teaspoon.
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That’s why most vegans choose to avoid honey. But the problem is, many delicious sauces and dressings are made with the delicious gooey syrup. Take hot honey, for example, a condiment that has risen to fame on TikTok in recent months. The clue is in the name, but the popular sauce combines honey with chili peppers and other spicy ingredients to give recipes a tasty sweet and spicy…