LETTER OF TRANSMITTA1 



I . S. Department of Agriculture, 



Bureai of Entomology, 

 Washington, D. ('.. March 18, 1907. 

 Sir: I have the honor to transmit the manuscript of the proceed- 

 ings of a meeting of inspectors of apiaries held in San Antonio. Tex., 

 November 12, L906. The meeting together and conference of (he per- 

 sons interested in the eradication of the diseases which are such a 

 drawback to apiculture can not fail to bring out many point- of 

 importance. In such a meeting the subject is presented in a way 

 which i- not possible in articles written for journals devoted to bee 

 keeping or for publication in other forms. There is no organization 

 of inspectors and no funds are available by which these proceedings 

 may be published, and since this meeting was to a large extent the 

 result of the efforts of members of the Bureau of Entomology, and 

 since these men took such an active part in the meeting, it would seem 

 fitting that the proceedings be issued as a publication of the Depart- 

 ment of Agriculture. I therefore recommend that this manuscript 

 be published as Bulletin No. 70 of this Bureau. 



Respectfully, 



L. (). How \ia>. 

 Entomologist <ni<l Chit f of Bureau. 

 I Ion. James Wilson, 



Si en tary of . igricultun . 



