U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 



BUREAU OF ENTOMOLOGY— BULLETIN No. 55. 



L. O. HOWARD, Entomologist 



THE REARING OF QUEEN BEES, 



PREPARED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF THE ENTOMOLOGIST 

 BY 



E. F. PHILLIPS, Ph. D., 



Expert Apiculturv't. 



WASHINGTON: 



GOYERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. 



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