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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Conference for Can. Assn. of Professional Apiculturists [mailto:<a href="mailto:CAPA-L@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA">CAPA-L@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Kozak, Paul (OMAFRA)<br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, March 21, 2017 11:56 AM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:CAPA-L@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA">CAPA-L@LISTSERV.UOGUELPH.CA</a><br><b>Subject:</b> Canadian mathematicians create Sims-like program to save bees</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">FYI</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">A colleague of mine noticed this. </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><a href="http://www.metronews.ca/views/science-says/2017/03/16/canadian-mathematicians-sims-like-program-to-help-save-bees.html">http://www.metronews.ca/views/science-says/2017/03/16/canadian-mathematicians-sims-like-program-to-help-save-bees.html</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Mathematical modelling has been used before in honey bees. I haven’t looked at this one in detail.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Paul Kozak</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Provincial Apiarist</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-CA">Ministry of Agriculture Food and Rural Affairs</span></b></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Animal Health and Welfare Branch</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">1 Stone Road West, 5<sup>th</sup> Floor NW</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Guelph ON N1G 4Y2</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Tel: 519 826-3595 or 1-888-466-2372 Ext. 519-826-3595 </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Fax: 519 826-4375 </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA">Email: <a href="mailto:Paul.Kozak@ontario.ca">Paul.Kozak@ontario.ca</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="FR-CA"> </span></p></div></body></html>