One might think that any meal offering that is made as unleavened bread is included in "you shall not burn it as leaven," but one that is not made as unleavened bread is not included in "you shall not burn it as leaven"; Scripture teaches by saying "for no leaven and no honey shall you burn" (Leviticus 2:11). I have only a large quantity; from where even a small quantity? Scripture teaches "any honey." I have only it by itself; from where its mixture? Scripture teaches "and any honey." I have only things to which honey is harmful; from where things to which honey is beneficial, as when the spice-compounder says that honey improves the incense? Scripture teaches by saying "and any honey."
Why Honey Is Banned From the Altar Even When It Helps
Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 452:2
יָכוֹל כָּל הַמְּנָחוֹת שֶׁהוּא בְּמַצָּה יְהֵא בְּבַל תַּקְטִירוּ חָמֵץ, וְשֶׁאֵין בְּמַצָּה לֹא יְהֵא בְּבַל תַּקְטִירוּ חָמֵץ, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר "כִּי כָל שְׂאֹר וְכָל דְּבַשׁ לֹא תַקְטִירוּ". אֵין לִי אֶלָּא מְרֻבֶּה, מִנַּיִן אֲפִלּוּ מוּעָט, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר "כָּל דְּבַשׁ". אֵין לִי אֶלָּא הוּא, עֵרוּבוֹ מִנַּיִן, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר "וְכָל דְּבַשׁ". אֵין לִי אֶלָּא דְּבָרִים שֶׁדְּבַשׁ קָשֶׁה לָהֶם, דְּבָרִים שֶׁהַדְּבַשׁ יָפֶה לָהֶם כְּגוֹן שֶׁהַפַּטָּם אוֹמֵר שֶׁהַדְּבַשׁ יָפֶה לַקְּטֹרֶת מִנַּיִן, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר "וְכָל דְּבַשׁ".