I believe honey is to be avoided until 2yrs. It's the only food restriction we paid any attention to, we did eggs, shrimp, nuts and everything else at about 7 months. Everything else is for risk of an allergy honey is risk of botulism because it is not pasteurized and little ones are more prone to it.

That said, I just google it now and Health Canada says 12months as did everything else that popped up. I could have sworn my child's doctor said age 2. Anyways, likely their parents had the same thinking as me.

Maybe touch base with them and say you will continue to avoid it at their discretion but that you did some research and it is generally believed to be safe after 12months. Just to show you took time to look into it, you acknowledge their concerns but you did your research and are indeed safe to continue serving it in the daycare.