LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL 



U. S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureau of Entomology, 

 Washington^ D. C. , October llf.^ 1905. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit the manuscript of a bulletin on 

 the rearing of queen bees, by Dr. E. F. Phillips, Expert Apiculturist 

 of this Bureau. It is hoped that the explicit directions given in this 

 manuscript governing the production of queens will be of assistance 

 to bee keepers throughout the country, and that it will prove the means 

 of saving money for those who carry on apiculture except in the 

 smallest way. I therefore recommend that this manuscript be pub- 

 lished as Bulletin No. 55 of this Bureau. 



Respectfully, L. O. Howard, 



Entomologist and Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



