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Honeybee - links to new pageAfricanized Honeybees (AHB) 

A new Local Okeechobee County Extension page on AHB can be found at: 

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Links to AHB information: 

UF/IFAS African Honeybee Extension Program Home Page

Florida Department of Agriculture & Consumer Services - African Honey Bee page

USDA Invasive Species Information Center

Brevard County Extension ABH webpage
News Releases:  

Bee Proofing your Florida Yard  Okeechobee News 4/21/2008 and Okeechobee Times 4/24/2008 

Bee aware: Look, listen, run  Okeechobee News, 4/17/2008

Information about Africanized Honeybees Okeechobee Co. Sheriff's office 4/12/2008

Local man dies after bee attack  Okeechobee News, 4/12/2008

Okeechobee County Man Stung By Bees Dies  Florida Dept. of Agriculture (press release) 4/11/2008

2008 Spring Gardening Short Course !  

Free Classes now being offered on Wednesdays.  Click here  for information. 

FireBiofuels:

Fact or fantasy? Click here for more on this hot topic!
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2008 Okeechobee County Fair!

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Weather & Hurricane Information:   Okeechobee Hurricane page 

 

For National Hurricane Center tropical storm webpage   click here. 

FDACS  Daily Wildfire Report

La Niña brings drought to Southeast

Pete ClemonsOkeechobee's Favorite Sons:  Click here to see more!

Okeechobee, Glades, & Highlands Counties now offer 

Florida Yards & Neighborhood Programs

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State Webpage

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Okeechobee FYN website 

Early symptoms of citrus greening Citrus Diseases:Citrus canker symptoms Citrus Greening

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Dried up Lake Okeechobee Lake Okeechobee Water Levels:

How Low will it go?  Click here for  "Lake" photos

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