<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr">-------- Forwarded message ---------<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">APHIS-ITP General Mailbox</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:itp@usda.gov" target="_blank">itp@usda.gov</a>></span><br>Date: Tue, Jun 18, 2024 at 11:20 AM<br>Subject: The BeeMD: a new release from USDA APHIS Identification Technology Program and Pollinator Partnership<br>To: APHIS-ITP General Mailbox <<a href="mailto:itp@usda.gov" target="_blank">itp@usda.gov</a>><br></div><br><br><div>
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<i>The BeeMD</i></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">ITP collaborator: Pollinator Partnership</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Authors: Dewey Caron, James Hart, Julia Scher, and Amanda Redford</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service’s Identification Technology Program (ITP), in collaboration with Pollinator Partnership, is pleased to announce the release of
<i>The BeeMD, </i>a diagnostic application for identifying honey bee health problems. This release includes much of the content from the original website first published in 2016. On this new platform, the “visual key” has been completely restructured and streamlined,
and the entire website redesigned and expanded, offering additional informational, visual, and supportive content.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Please find the attached PDF announcement to see an overview of this latest identification tool release from ITP in support of USDA APHIS Plant Protection and Quarantine (PPQ) and its partners. Please also
feel free to forward this email or the attachment to your colleagues.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"><i>The BeeMD </i>can be accessed at: </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(237,151,32)"><u><a href="https://idtools.org/thebeemd/" id="m_-6869089082038996830m_-7964007891952978191OWA1d958275-88d7-0ea1-3e9f-a8159c3906b9" style="color:rgb(237,151,32);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" target="_blank">https://idtools.org/thebeemd/</a></u></span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Visit our website to learn more about ITP’s
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</span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(237,151,32)"><u><a href="https://idtools.org/identify.cfm?sort=dateDesc&format=2" id="m_-6869089082038996830m_-7964007891952978191OWA948ddc23-d713-4656-836f-664df79fe936" style="color:rgb(237,151,32);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" target="_blank">mobile
apps</a></u></span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">.</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif">Visit </span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif;color:rgb(237,151,32)"><u><a href="https://www.pollinator.org/" id="m_-6869089082038996830m_-7964007891952978191OWAec5470af-ea61-8f29-de2d-4ed63853c706" style="color:rgb(237,151,32);margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" target="_blank">Pollinator
Partnership's</a></u></span><span style="font-family:"Open Sans",sans-serif"> website to learn about their activities in support of honey bees and other pollinators.</span></p>
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