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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">I would like to invite you to the 12th Asian Apicultural Association (AAA) Conference in Antalya, Turkey during 24-27 April, 2014. The
main topics of the conference are:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Bee Biology, <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Bee genetics and breeding<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Bee pathology<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Asian bees and beekeeping<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Beekeeping for rural development<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Beekeeping equipment, techniques and economy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Bumblebee biology, breeding and management<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Pollination<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Bee products and apitherapy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Climate change and conservation of bees<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">Application of scientific research into beekeeping<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222">There are over 6 million honey bee colonies and over 60,000 licensed, registered beekeepers in Turkey. There is a great biodiversity and
48 species of bumblebees in the country. Several bumblebee breeding companies are rearing thousands of colonies every year and they are used in the computer controlled greenhouses in Antalya where the conference will be held.There will be technical tours
to the greenhouses and possibly to the bumblebee breeding companies </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#222222">I hope you will participate the conference and present a paper related to the conference topics. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#222222">An official invitation letter is attached. Please visit the web page for further information </span><a href="http://www.aaaconference2014turkiye.org/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#1155CC">www.aaaconference2014turkiye.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
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forward the invitation letter which is attached to your colleagues and friends.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
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color:#222222">Looking forward to seeing you at the 12th AAA Conference in Antalya, Turkey, in April 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#222222">Yours sincerely</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#222222">Prof. Dr. Osman Kaftanoglu </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
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mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#222222">12th AAA Conference Organizing Committee, Chair</span></p>
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<a href="mailto:osman.kaftanoglu@gmail.com" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Trebuchet MS","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;color:#1155CC">osman.kaftanoglu@gmail.com</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
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<a href="mailto:secretariat@aaaconference2014turkiye.org" target="_blank" title="mailto:secretariat@aaaconference2014turkiye.org
Ctrl+Click to follow link"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
"Times New Roman";color:#1155CC">secretariat@aaaconference2014turkiye.org</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:
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