HONEY
Sucrose and syrupy substance manufactured by bees, and which they transform from the nectar of flowers and fruits, storing it in the cells of a wax honeycomb (Judges 14:8; Ps. 19:11).
Honey was a highly prized food, especially because it replaced sugar (Gen. 43:11; 2 Sam. 17:29); It was eaten directly from the honeycomb, or extracted in various ways (Ex. 16:31; 1 Sam. 14:26).
Bees placed their wild honeycombs in crevices of rocks, in trees, and other similar places (Deut. 32:13; Judg. 14:8; 1 Sam. 14:25; Mt. 3:4).
The offerings presented to Jehovah, and destined to be burned, should not have any honey, because it has the action of a yeast and causes fermentation (see YEAST, cf. Lev. 2:11).
A kind of artificial honey, like a kind of syrup, was prepared from dates (Wars 4:8, 3). The country of Canaan is described as flowing with milk and honey (Ex. 3:8, 17).