Total production includes eggs for hatching but excludes waste on farms. Countries should report in terms of both numbers and weight. FAO lists seven egg and egg products items, including four primary and three processed products. Honey is the nectar of flowers collected and processed by certain insects, especially the honey-bee. Production data should cover the amount sold by beekeepers plus other recorded collection of honey.
Bees store honey in honeycombs that consist of hexagonal wax cells.
The beeswax that is obtained by melting honeycombs with boiling water is used in candles, cosmetics and other non-food products. The FAO codes and the names of milk and dairy products, eggs and egg products, and honey and beeswax are listed below along with any necessary remarks. Production data refer to raw milk containing all its constituents. Trade data normally cover milk from any animal, and refer to milk that is not concentrated, pasteurized, sterilized or other-wise preserved, homogenized or peptonized. Standardized Milk Milk in which the fat content is adjusted to a predetermined value without altering any other constituents.