{"id":145509,"date":"2025-03-11T11:59:31","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:59:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509//?p=145509"},"modified":"2025-04-01T14:05:51","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T18:05:51","slug":"it-takes-a-swarm-help-rebuild-a-bear-ravaged-beehive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509///news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509//www.ucf.edu/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509//news/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509//it-takes-a-swarm-help-rebuild-a-bear-ravaged-beehive/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509//","title":{"rendered":"It Takes a Swarm: Help Rebuild a Bear-ravaged Beehive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Across the 800 or so acres of 91勛圖厙/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509/u2019s natural lands, the bees are not only buzzing in the trees, but also in four official beehives and a half-hive /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509/u201cnucleus/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509/u201d managed by the 91勛圖厙 Arboretum and Sustainability Initiatives./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509/n

There used to be more beehives on the east side of the arboretum/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509/u2019s natural lands. Those areas comprise a variety of ecosystems /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509/u2014 scrubby and wet flatwoods, and dome and strand swamps /news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509/u2014 that are unique and protected from development but not from the area/news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509/u2019s natural predators./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509/n

One of those predators, the Florida black bear, wreaked havoc on a beehive there in 2023./news/wp-json/wp/v2/posts/145509/n