With eight thousand species of plants, including 1782 ones unique to it and 350 plants valuable for bee keeping. Iran ranks fourth in the world in the bee keeping industry. The province of Isfahan , with vast crop fields, fertile farmers , and pristine pastures with medicinal plants in the center of Iranian plateau and near Zagross mountains and warm and wet fields south of Iran , has the privileged position for the migration of honey bees and the production of single flower honey types in all seasons.
