U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE. 



BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY— BULLETIN No. 55. 



L. O. HOWARD, Entomologist. 



DIV. INSECTS, 



THE REARING OF QUEEN BEES. 



PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OP THE ENTOMOLOGIST 

 BY 



E. F. PHILLIPS, Ph. D., 



Expert Apicidturist. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 

 1905. 



