<html><head><style type='text/css'>p { margin: 0; }</style></head><body><div>Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T</div><hr/><div><b>From: </b> Peter Kevan <pkevan@UOGUELPH.CA>
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</div><div><b>Date: </b>Wed, 19 Feb 2014 16:15:28 -0500</div><div><b>To: </b><CPI-GENERAL@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA></div><div><b>ReplyTo: </b> Peter Kevan <pkevan@UOGUELPH.CA>
</div><div><b>Subject: </b>Fwd: two bee courses for students at Utrecht University, in The Netherlands and in Costa Rica</div><div><br/></div><div style='font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt; color: #000000'><br><br><hr id="zwchr"><div style="color:#000;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-decoration:none;font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:12pt;"><b>From: </b>"M.J. Sommeijer" <M.J.Sommeijer@uu.nl><br><b>To: </b>"M.J. Sommeijer" <M.J.Sommeijer@uu.nl><br><b>Cc: </b>lsanchez@una.ac.cr<br><b>Sent: </b>Wednesday, February 19, 2014 3:42:22 PM<br><b>Subject: </b>two bee courses for students at Utrecht University, in The Netherlands and in Costa Rica<br><br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dear Colleague,</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Utrecht Summer School (USS) of Utrecht University is organizing this summer two courses on bees for international students. Herewith, we take the liberty to send you some information about these courses. You may be
in contact with students or other persons for whom these courses are of interest.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Every year, the USS has a large programme in July and August with 140 different courses and about 2000 students from all over the world in Utrecht. Utrecht is a dynamic historic city in the centre of The Netherlands,
28 kilometers south of Amsterdam. Utrecht University is the largest university in Holland. For students who take part in the USS courses an attractive social and cultural programme will be offered.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">One bee course is in Utrecht, the other is in Costa Rica, Central America.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The two weeks course “Why We Need Bees” in Utrecht has, in addition to some basic aspects of bee biology and ecology, a focus on the bee-plant relation. Evolution of the bees, biodiversity, flower biology and pollination,
pollen analysis, and bee products are included. The practical situation of the pollination of crops is important in this course and through cooperation of some Dutch firms with large scale applied honeybee-, bumblebee- and solitary bee pollination, students
will experience unique information about this aspect.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The two weeks course in Costa Rica is a real introduction into the tropics and in the ecology of tropical bees. In tropical America we can learn about Killer Bees (and other Apis mellifera) and about the fascinating indigenous
group of Stingless Bees, those that are still being kept en now much studied. Costa Rica is known for its very rich tropical nature and its great biodiversity. The diversity of colony-living bees in Costa Rica is very interesting, especially from the point
of foraging behaviour, as well as for the application in agricultural pollination. Bee health is important also in Tropical America and this is dealt with as well. The field trips of the course will introduce students not only in tropical rain forests etc.
but also in various tropical crops.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Both courses are in English and students will play an active role in practicals and through small study projects.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NL">I have attached the E-flyers for both courses. May I ask you to be so kind to make this information available to interested students of your department, and your institution.</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="NL">Marinus Sommeijer, Utrecht University, The Netherlands </span></p>
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