No.
With mead (as I understand it - wannabe home brewer), it is the honey itself that is fermented. In honey beer, it is still the grains that are fermented, and the honey is an additional flavor added.
Again, just from reading up on something I hope to do some day, so I might be shaky on the details.
Very well then. I have been educated. Thank you.
Mead is just honey and water that is fermented. It tastes similar to champagne and in the old days a couple would get a barrel of mead when they got married. This practice gave us the term honeymoon.