Other Members of the Fagaceae

Posted January 1, 2015

Other Members of the Fagaceae

The beeches Scientific name: Fagus sp. There are two monoecious1 species of Beech in the U.S. that are common and look much alike (Fagus grandifolia and Fagus sylvatica). F. grandifolia is native to North America and F. sylvatica is native to Europe. The two are quite similar in appearance except that the leaves of F. sylvatica are frequently a bit shorter than those of F. grandifolia (2 …

Posted January 1, 2015

January 2015 Table of Contents

Bizarre Nesting Sites of Honey Bees Robert Weast . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . …

Posted October 1, 2012

Beer, Brats, and Bees: When Beekeepers Come to Visit

Pittsburgh, PA, beekeeper Steve Repasky and I met when I was teaching a Queen Rearing class in Maryland in 2011. He is passionate about learning everything he can about raising queen bees, with the objective of producing queens in an urban setting in the city of Pittsburgh. A Penn State graduate in wildlife biology, Stephen …

Other Members of the Fagaceae

Posted January 1, 2015