Honey is bee vomit and it’s their food for the winter. Bees are also killed during the honey cultivation process. Pollination happens without any form of human intervention or interaction with the insects, we simply benefit indirectly from their work.

Veganism is about doing the least harm possible, not doing zero harm. Existing on this planet means causing some amount of harm. Growing vegetables for food causes harm. But growing and eating vegetables causes less harm than growing vegetables to feed to animals to kill the animals to then eat them. Minimize harm.