[en] The excitation function for production of ²⁶²Bh in the odd-Z-projectile reaction ²⁰⁸Pb(⁵⁵Mn, n) has been measured at three projectile energies using the Berkeley Gas-filled Separator at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory 88-Inch Cyclotron. In total, 33 decay chains originating from ²⁶²Bh and 2 decay chains originating from ²⁶¹Bh were observed. The measured decay properties are in good agreement with previous reports. The maximum cross section of 540_-150⁺¹⁸⁰ pb is observed at a lab-frame center-of-target energy of 264.0 MeV and is more than five times larger than that expected based on previously reported results for production of ²⁶²Bh in the analogous even-Z-projectile reaction ²⁰⁹Bi(⁵⁴Cr, n). Our results indicate that the optimum beam energy in one-neutron-out heavy-ion fusion reactions can be estimated simply using the optimum energy rule proposed by SwiaPtecki, Siwek-Wilczynska, and Wilczynski