{"id":378676,"date":"2026-08-22T22:32:07","date_gmt":"2026-08-22T22:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/378676\/"},"modified":"2026-08-22T22:32:07","modified_gmt":"2026-08-22T22:32:07","slug":"pollinator-parties-bring-science-and-community-together-across-north-central-florida","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/378676\/","title":{"rendered":"Pollinator parties bring science and community together across North Central Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) &#8211; Pollinator lovers across North Central Florida spent the day watching bees, butterflies and other pollinators while helping scientists collect valuable data.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Dozens of people took part in the Great Southeast Pollinator Census, including at a pollinator party at the Butterfly Sanctuary at the Gainesville Garden Clubhouse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In Micanopy, visitors spent about 30 minutes counting how many pollinators landed on flowers in the Pollinator Victory Garden. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The data was collected and sent to a UF gardening research center in Ocala to help scientists better understand pollinator populations.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In Ocala, people gathered at the Discovery Center for another pollinator party. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Scientists taught visitors about the different plants found in gardens across North Central Florida.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The free event was open to people of all ages and gave families a chance to learn more about the pollinators that play an important role in local ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.wcjb.com\/newsletter\/\" title=\"\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to subscribe to our newsletter.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 WCJB. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"GAINESVILLE, Fla. (WCJB) &#8211; Pollinator lovers across North Central Florida spent the day watching bees, butterflies and other&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":378677,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[137791,28,30,29,152195,152194,152196,2649,152197],"class_list":["post-378676","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-florida","tag-discovery-center","tag-florida","tag-florida-headlines","tag-florida-news","tag-gainesville-garden-clubhouse","tag-great-southeast-pollinator-census","tag-micanopy","tag-ocala","tag-pollinator"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378676","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=378676"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/378676\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/378677"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=378676"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=378676"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=378676"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}