LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, 
BurEAv OF ENTOMOLOGY, 
Washington, D. C., March 4, 1911. 
Srr: 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. 
This paper will supersede Farmers’ Bulletins 59 and 397. A few 
new illustrations which add greatly to the value of the paper and 
some minor alterations in the text are the only changes in this from 
Farmers’ Bulletin 397; but since it is not now the policy of the depart- 
ment to issue revised editions, it is recommended that this bulletin 
be issued under a new serial number. 
In the preparation of this paper 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. 
Respectfully, 
L. O. Howarp, 
Entomologist and Chief of Bureau. 
Hon. JAMES WILSON, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
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