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 **Group 9**
-====== Run for your hives - Can swarming save bees from parasites? ======
+<html><font size=6 face="Arial">Run for your hives - Can swarming save bees from parasites? </font></html>
 Wiki site of the practical exercise of the [[http://www.ictp-saifr.org/viii-southern-summer-school-on-mathematical-biology/|VIII Southern-Summer School on Mathematical Biology]].
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 ===== Assignment =====
-  * Propose a simple but well-grounded model for the spread of //Varroa destructor// in a bee colony. Does it predict the collapse of the colony under realistic values of the key parameters?
+Propose a simple but well-grounded model for the spread of //Varroa destructor// in a bee colony, and the effect of swarming (e.g. as bursts of sudden reduction of colony size) on the colony and the mites.
-  * Include in your model bursts of sudden reduction of colony size caused by swarms. Can this swarming effect make the colony tolerant to the infestation?
+===== Suggested questions =====
+  * Does your model predict the collapse of the colony under realistic values of the key parameters?
+  * Can the swarming effect make the colony tolerant to the infestation in the long run?
 ===== References =====