LETTER OE TRANSMITTAL. 



U. »S. Depaktment of Agriculture, 



Bureau or Entomology, 

 Washington, D. G., February 2k-, 1911. 

 Sir: I liav^e the honor to transmit herewith a manuscript entitled 

 " The Treatment of Bee Diseases," 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 Circular 79, of this bureau, the aim 

 has been to give briefly the information needed by the beekeeper 

 who has disease in his apiary. No discussion of the cause or distri- 

 bution of these diseases has been included. I recommend the publica- 

 tion of this paper as a Farmers' Bulletin. 

 Respectfully, 



L. O. Howard, 

 Eniomologist and Chief of Bureau. 

 Hon. James Wilson, 



Secretary of Agriculture. 



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