Goldie Globe Issue 1
September 11, 2026
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A Publication of the Goldie Margolin School for Girls
Honey Through History By Maytal Davidovics (’29)
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or thousands of years, honey has been developed into a widely used one of humanity's most valuable commodity. Churches and wealthy sources of sweetness. Dating back to families would use beeswax candles 7000 BCE, the rst use of honey was found because they burned clean, without on a prehistoric rock in Spain. The evidence, much smoke, and smelled pleasant. The a picture depicting a person collecting honey people that lived near beehives would from a beehive, was proof enough to have a relatively easy convince future time collecting it, historians of honey’s while those that prevalence. Similarly, lived in cities would ancient Egyptian have to purchase wall inscriptions also the honey, which depicted honey being was pretty collected, stored, and used as food in expensive for the around 3000 BCE. average person. Besides consumption, Wealthier people honey has been used would be able to for medical uses, afford and preserving purchase honey substances, religious more regularly offerings, and than others. adhesives. But what Avigayil Sa er (’29) shows off one of With the rise of made honey so good the modern uses for honey. sugar, honey started wasn’t only its to become less of a Photo Credit: Maytal Davidovics (’29) sweetness – rather, its household item than versatility. While the it was before, but it rich would turn it into took some time. At the beginning of the other substances and the poor would often Renaissance, sugar was still very expensive eat it as it came, honey was a treat enjoyed and hardly available, so the wealthy people by all, no matter their social status. were the only ones using it and others would By the medieval period, beekeeping still use honey. This time period marks the had become an established practice transition from primarily honey based items mostly in Europe, but also in other parts to a more equal scale of honey and sugar,
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An Apple a Day Page 3
Order in the Court Page 4
New Year, New Me Page 5
The Strength to Choose Page 6