A. Generally, we have a rule: That which comes from Kosher animals is Kosher, and from non-Kosher animals is not. Honey is an exception. Bees are not kosher insects, yet their honey is Kosher, based on how bees process honey (the nectar is not actually digested by the bee) and an understanding of verses in the Talmud.

Rabbi Laber of Troy NY is a bee-keeping Rabbi, among his other talents and interests, and over the years gave a class here several times all about the fascinating lives of bees and honey-production, and the many meaningful biblical, Talmudic and Midrashic references to bees and honey.