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honey, honeycomb

Definition

Honey is the sweet, sticky, edible substance that honeybees make out of flower nectar. Honeycomb is the waxy frame that the bees store the honey in.

  • Depending on the variety, honey can be yellowish or brownish in color.
  • Once when the Israelites were fighting against the Philistines, King Saul's son Jonathan found wild honey in the forest and ate it.
  • Samson once found honey inside the carcass of a dead lion and made up a riddle about it.
  • When John the Baptist was living out in the desert, he ate only locusts and wild honey.