Hi Jerry:
 
>> Pull-down menus facilitate the entry of initial =
>>honey bee colony size and age structure, foraging profiles, and factors =
>>that influence rates of birth, longevity, and morality..."
 
and later:
 
>The model also can take into account events such as space limitations and
>food shortages.
 
I am interested in "space limitations".  I am noticing a lower population in
some of my very heavy colonies going into winter (47 North here and neither
mite), which I am attributing to a honeybound condition in mid to late
summer.  Does the earlier program also use a neural net, or does it use
formulae for calculations?  If, the latter then what are the assumptions and
factors that the program uses?  Does it tell you this, or can you access it
from within the program?
 
>Having said that, we are not currently distributing the model.  It runs
>under the older DOS programs, refuses to display its menus under Windows 95
>or 98, although it appears to work under Windows NT.
 
I hate Windows 95.  How can one get the DOS PC BEEPOP?
 
Regards, Stan