LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL. 
U. S. Department of Agriculture, 
Bureau of Entomology, 
Washington* D. C. , October llf,, 1905. 
Sir: I have the honor to transmit the manuscript of a bulletin on 
the rearing of queen bees, b}^ Dr. E. F. Phillips, Expert Apiculturist 
of this Bureau. It is hoped that the explicit directions given in this 
manuscript governing the production of queens will be of assistance 
to bee keepers throughout the country, and that it will prove the means 
of saving money for those who carry on apiculture except in the 
smallest way. I therefore recommend that this manuscript be pub- 
lished as Bulletin No. 55 of this Bureau. 
Respectfully, L. O. Howard, 
Entomologist and Chief of Bureau. 
Hon. James Wilson, 
Secretary of Agriculture. 
