A translation of ' ' Sind die Bienen 

 Renex-machinen?" by Dr. H. v. Buttel- 

 Reepen. This paper first appeared in the 

 11 Biologischen Centralblatt, " Vol. XX., 

 1900, and was reprinted, with the addition 

 of a table of contents and index, in the 

 same year by Arthur Georgi, of Leipsig. 

 Footnotes in this English edition which 

 are marked " E. F. P." are by Dr. E. F. 

 Phillips, United States Department of Ag- 

 riculture. 



