Investigate the effects of dust storm on the honey production in Andimeshk province

The dust storm hurricanes due to its fine grain size, have traveled a long way and affected widespread
areas, where 14 of Iran's provinces affected by the dust storm that coming from the neighboring countries.
In the recent years, the occurrence of dust storm had been increased in the Iran, special in the southern and
western parts. This increase trend resulted in negative effects i.e. on the bee keeping and honey production.
Therefore, this study aimed to investigate the effects of dust storm on decrease of honey production. The
precipitation data and honey production were provided form related organization. In order to data analysis,
the SPSS software was employed. The One-Sample-T test was used regarding to investigate the effects
of dust storm on decrease of honey production. Given that the potential honey production is 11.5 kg in
Iran, we conclude that dust storm occurrence had significant (P-value < 0.05) negative effects on the honey
production resulted in decrease its production. In order to the impacts of dust storm hurricanes on the average
honey production in hives, the regression analysis was used. The results showed that occurrence of the dust
storm and drought had significant (P-value < 0.05) negative effects on the average honey production in hives.
Our results revealed that 65 % of decrease in honey production is due to occurrence of the dust storm and
drought, in Andimeshk Province