Actually, if you ate a paper bag, you'd consume some calories... Having been a bee keeper for a long time, I've had the privelege to learn a great deal about, not only the bees, but their prduct.
Honey has about 64 calories per tablespoon (about 3/4 of an ounce), while refined sugar has about 46. However the fructose and sucrose in honey is much more "usable" in the body than refined sugar and the intensity of the sweetness in honey is such that most people would consume less than sugar.
Honey contains more nutrients than sugar (by far) and is much easier to digest. Bacteria cannot live in honey, either. As well, honey contains no fats nor sodium...