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Farming can be strenuous, and the Florida heat does not make conditions easier.The heat is not the only battle Florida farmers face. When farmers are…
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Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you• WUFT News: GRU, Gainesville City Commission work to…
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WUFT · April is one of the driest periods of the year for Florida April is now Water Conservation Month in Alachua County.“Alachua County is seen as a…
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A new mosquito species has established itself in Florida, according to a new study published in the Journal of Medical Entomology by faculty at the…
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A steady stream of cars queues at the Take 5 Car Wash this month on Archer Road in Gainesville.Their drivers' pursuit? Get clean from the pervasive yellow…
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For the 27th year, the University of Florida's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences (UF/IFAS) Marion County Master Gardener Volunteers are hosting…
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Subscribe to The Point, arriving in your inbox Monday through Friday at 8 a.m. The stories near you• WUFT News Special Report: Behind the bet: the rise of…
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The Atlantic hurricane season ended Nov. 30, but after the year that Florida experienced, residents would be wise to begin preparing for 2023 storms.It's…
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B. Keith Councell is a beekeeper stripped of his bees – 2,800 of them spread across his farms in Arcadia, Cape Coral, Pine Island and Fort Myers. His honeybees were among the 400,000 Florida bee colonies in Hurricane Ian’s path in September. Ian decimated 100,000 total hives, which were toppled and drowned in 12-foot storm surges as high as eight beehives. The state’s surviving bees were left starving from the storm’s destruction of foliage, the bees' source of energy and protein. Deprived of bees, feed and equipment, beekeepers have found relief among themselves.
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The last few months have been a hectic move-in process for thousands of Gainesville residents. Just in time for Halloween, the bats at the University of…