<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT COLOR="#000000" FACE="Geneva" FAMILY="SANSSERIF" SIZE="2">From: FIEN, LLC - Jack Cooper [mailto:JLC@fien.com]<BR>
Sent: Monday, September 01, 2008 9:27 PM<BR>
To: Ag Res, Crop Prot, FaV and Invasive Species<BR>
Subject: Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder - Newly Discovered Virus may<BR>
provide clues to the disorder according to researchers at the Edgewood<BR>
Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) in Edgewood, Maryland, University of<BR>
Montana, Bee Alert Technology, Inc. and BVS, Inc<BR>
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Honeybee Colony Collapse Disorder - Newly Discovered Virus may provide clues<BR>
to the disorder according to researchers at the Edgewood Chemical Biological<BR>
Center (ECBC) in Edgewood, Maryland, University of Montana, Bee Alert<BR>
Technology, Inc. and BVS, Inc who " ... have discovered in U.S. honeybees a<BR>
virus only before identified in European honeybees ... The invading bee<BR>
virus ... Varroa Destructor Virus -1 (VDV-1) ... is carried by both<BR>
honeybees and the tiny varroa mites that affect them ..."<BR>
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Document Title: The title of the August 29, 2008 DCBC News Release is<BR>
"Scientists Discover New Virus Invading US Honeybees"<BR>
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Organization: Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC) in Edgewood,<BR>
Maryland<BR>
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Summary: The text of the August 29, 2008 ECBC News Release follows<BR>
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Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD Scientists at the Edgewood Chemical Biological<BR>
Center (ECBC), located in Edgewood, MD, working with scientists at the<BR>
University of Montana and industry partners Bee Alert Technology, Inc. and<BR>
BVS, Inc. have discovered in U.S. honeybees a virus only before identified<BR>
in European honeybees.<BR>
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The invading bee virus newly discovered in the U.S. is called Varroa<BR>
Destructor Virus -1 (VDV-1). First definitively identified in Europe in<BR>
2006, VDV-1 is carried by both honeybees and the tiny varroa mites that<BR>
affect them. VDV-1 is related to a family of paralytic viruses that causes a<BR>
breakdown of some membranes. In silkworms the virus causes flaccid disease,<BR>
which causes the worms to digest themselves internally.<BR>
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The virus was discovered using a technology developed for battlefield<BR>
detection of viruses. This technology, called Integrated Virus Detection<BR>
System / Proteomic Mass Spectrometry, reveals virus by size and peptide<BR>
information contained in a sample and compares that information against<BR>
known genetic sequences. This approach may provide important clues to<BR>
scientists around the world working to find the cause of Colony Collapse<BR>
Disorder -- a mysterious malady that has caused rapid depopulation of<BR>
beehives around the globe.<BR>
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This is the first detection of this virus in North America and will allow<BR>
beekeepers in the U.S. the possibility of early control and quarantine of<BR>
affected colonies.<BR>
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For more information, please contact Joan Michel (410.436.3610; 410.652.3912<BR>
- mobile).<BR>
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ECBC is the Army's principal research and development center for chemical<BR>
and biological defense technology, engineering and services. ECBC has<BR>
achieved major technological advances for national defense, civilian needs<BR>
and industrial competitiveness, with a long and distinguished history of<BR>
providing the Armed Forces with quality systems and outstanding customer<BR>
service. ECBC is located at the Edgewood Area of Aberdeen Proving Ground,<BR>
Maryland. For more information about the Edgewood Chemical Biological<BR>
Center, please visit our Web site at http://www.ecbc.army.mil or call (410)<BR>
436-3610.<BR>
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Source: August 29, 2008 ECBC News Release<BR>
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Web site: The August 29, 2008 Edgewood Chemical Biological Center (ECBC)<BR>
News Release is posted at<BR>
http://www.edgewood.army.mil/pr/pr.htm<BR>
specifically at<BR>
http://www.edgewood.army.mil/pr/download/VDV-1_Discovery.pdf<BR>
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An August 29, 2008 Wall Street Journal Market Watch article on the research<BR>
is posted at<BR>
http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/scientists-discover-new-virus-invading<BR>
/story.aspx?guid={DC641B50-D36E-4FC2-9326-D6485866854F}<BR>
<http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/scientists-discover-new-virus-invadin<BR>
g/story.aspx?guid=%7bDC641B50-D36E-4FC2-9326-D6485866854F%7d&dist=hppr><BR>
&dist=hppr<BR>
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Information about the Edgewood Chemical Biological Center is posted at<BR>
http://www.ecbc.army.mil<BR>
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Information about Bee Alert Technology, Inc. is posted at<BR>
http://beealert.blackfoot.net/~beealert/index.php<BR>
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Information about BVS, Inc. is posted at http://www.bvs-inc.us/<BR>
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Contact: Questions may be directed to Joan Michel of the Edgewood Chemical<BR>
Biological Center located at the Aberdeen Proving Ground in Edgewood,<BR>
Maryland at 410 436 3610; e-mail not provided or available.<BR>
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Prepared by: This message was distributed by Jack Cooper, who may be reached<BR>
at e-mail: jlc@fien.com or 301-384-8287<BR>
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