In this paper, the existence and transmission characteristics of gap vortex optical solitons in a honeycomb lattice are investigated based on the fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation. Firstly, the band-gap structure of honeycomb lattice is obtained by the plane wave expansion method. Then the gap vortex solitons modes and their transmission properties in the fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation with the honeycomb lattice potential are investigated through the modified squared-operator method, the split-step Fourier method and the Fourier collocation method, respectively. The results show that the transmission of gap vortex solitons are influenced by the lévy index and the propagation constant. The stable transmission region of gap vortex soliton can be obtained through power graphs. In the stable region, the gap vortex soliton can transmit stably without disturbance. However, in the unstable region, the gap vortex soliton will gradually lose ring structure and converge into a fundamental soliton as the transmission distance increasing. And the larger lévy index and the larger propagation constant, the stable transmission distance of gap vortex solitons will increase. When multiple vortex solitons transmit in the lattice, the interaction between them is influenced by the lattice position and phase. Two vortex solitons with in phase located at adjacent lattices are superimposed with sidelobe energy, while two vortex solitons with out of phase are cancelled with sidelobe energy. These vortex solitons will gradually lose ring structure and evolve into dipole modes during the transmission process. And they are periodic rotation under the azimuth angle modulating. When two vortex solitons located at non-adjacent lattice, vortex solitons can maintain a ring-shaped structure due to the small influence of sidelobes. When three gap vortex solitons are located at non-adjacent lattices, the solitons can also remain ring structure. However, when there are more than three gap vortex solitons, the intensity distribution of vortex solitons are uneven due to the sidelobe energy superimposed. These vortex solitons will form dipole modes and rotate under the azimuth angle modulating during transmission process. These results can offer theoretical guidance for the transmission and control of gap vortex solitons in the lattice.