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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">The Argentine ant, already known as one of the world’s most widespread and damaging pests, may be infecting honeybees with a deadly virus, a new study finds.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/15/science/argentine-ants-carry-virus-deadly-to-honeybees.html">http://www.nytimes.com/2015/09/15/science/argentine-ants-carry-virus-deadly-to-honeybees.html</a> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:4.5pt"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black">Evan Cole</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif""></span></p><p 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