Before you substitute anything for the honey in your bagels, you might check to see if you really need to.
What I mean by that is that, perhaps, cooking the honey makes it okay for children under age 2 to have. The real problem with giving honey to young children is plain, raw honey rather than having it cooked into a dish/recipe. Check to see if the honey you plan to use in your bagels is pasteurized. If it is, the risk of botulism will be eliminated.