Honey comes out of the air...At early dawn
the leaves of trees are found bedewed with
honey...Whether this is the perspiration of
the sky or a sort of saliva of the stars, or
the moisture of the air purging itself,
nevertheless it brings with it the great
pleasure of its heavenly nature.It was more than 1,000 years before the
true roles of flower and bee in the creation of
honey were uncovered (p. 663). In fact, honey
making is the natural model for all human
sugar production. We too take sweet juices
from plants and separate the sugars from the
water. Palm trees in South Asia, maple and
birch trees in northern forests, agave plants
and maize stalks in the Americas: all these
have provided the sweet juices. But none of
them has been as generous as sugarcane.
Sweet Manna
In the Old Testament book of Exodus, God