Yes you can eat raw honey directly.
Honey can be eaten raw or heated up and it's healthy either way.
When I have a cold I like to warm up some honey in the microwave and then drink the warm honey which helps my cold and if I have a sore throat the warm honey helps soothe the sore throat as well.
Honey has a bunch of health benefits and contains vitamins as well as antioxidants.
Honey is full of nutrients, is a natural sugar that is okay for diabetics, honey can help lower cholesterol levels, lower your blood pressure and may prevent heart disease, heart attacks and strokes.
Honey has also been used as a natural home remedy cough medicine for many years and it still works great today.
If you have a younger kid that cannot take regular cough medicine then giving them a bit of honey can help ease the child's cough.