The men of Israel were distressed that day; for Saul had adjured the people, saying, Cursed be the man who eats any food until it be evening, and I be avenged on my enemies. So none of the people tasted food.
"The honey was dropping"  (1 Samuel 14:26).  This does not mean that the honey was dropping out of the trees, but that it was being dropped by the Philistines in their headlong flight, as explained by the words, "the spoil of their enemies which they (the Israelites) found"  (1 Samuel 14:30).