
LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
U.S. Department oF AGRICULTURE, 
Bureau oF ENTOMOLOGY, 
Washington, D. C., March 24, 1908. 
Sir: Frequent inquiries from correspondents of the Department of 
Agriculture for information on matters pertaining to the culture 
of bees, and particularly as to the conditions under which one may 
reasonably expect to meet with success in this pursuit, led to the prep- 
aration of this bulletin in July, 1897. Though designed by the 
author primarily to answer a few of the specific questions which are 
most likely to present themselves to the mind of the inquirer wholly 
unfamiliar with the subject, the aim has been also to introduce in the 
treatment of the various topics information which it is hoped will 
lead many of longer experience into more successful methods than 
they have yet practiced. The stereotype plates of the earlier editions 
having become much worn, necessitating the resetting of the type 
of the entire bulletin, the opportunity has been afforded of inserting 
several new paragraphs and making a few slight changes in the text 
as heretofore published. 
Respectfully, L. O. Howarp, 
Entomologist. 
Hon. JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
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