LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
Bureau OF ENTOMOLOGY. 
Washington, D. C., March 8, 1910. 
Sir: I have the honor to transmit herewith a manuscript entitled 
“Bees,” by E. F. Phillips, Ph. D., in charge of bee culture in this 
Bureau. In the preparation of this paper, which is intended to 
supersede Farmers’ Bulletin No. 59, the aim has been to give briefly 
such information as is needed by persons engaged in the keeping of 
bees, and to answer inquiries such as are frequently received from 
correspondents of the Department. No attempt has been made 
to include discussions of bee anatomy, honey plants, or the more 
special manipulations sometimes practiced, such as queen rearing. 
The discussion of apparatus is necessarily brief. I respectfully 
recommend the publication of this paper as a Farmers’ Bulletin. 
Respectfully, 
L. O. Howargp, 
Entomologist and Chief of Bureau. 
Hon. JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
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