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GLEANINGS IN BEE CULTURE. 



Nov. 15 



honest business, to know that any manipu- 

 lation whatever of their crop of honey will 

 be discovered, and that the government has 

 been so persevering in giving us laws that 

 are so helpful. 

 Jenkintown, Pa. 



A VISIT TO SWARTHMORE. 

 A Near View of Mr. E. L. Pratt. 



BY DR. E. F. PHILLIPS. 



The readers of Gleanings have for some 

 time been familiar with the writings of 

 Swarthmore, and the new methods described 

 by this writer have caused considerable com- 

 ment among bee-keepers. For this reason 



take this line to reach Swarthmore. This 

 line takes us through a beautiful country, 

 and on our journey we pass through several 

 small towns in which, like the town which is 

 our destination, are the homes of people 

 having business in the city. At Swarthmore 

 is located the college of the same name which 

 is under the management of the Society of 

 Friends, or Quakers, as they are commonly 

 called. On this account most of the streets 

 of the town are appropriately named for 

 the leading colleges and universities; and 

 the apiary which we are to visit is located 

 near the corner of Yale and Vassar Avenues. 

 Before seeing the yard let us meet the 

 man behind it all. The engraving here print- 

 ed is a very excellent likeness of Mr. Pratt. 

 He is a man of short stature, rather artistic 



MR. PRATT, HIS WIFE, AND DAUGHTER GRACE. 



some may desire to have the nom de plume 

 Swarthmore cast aside for a while that they 

 may get a view at close range of Mr. E. L. 

 Pratt, of Swarthmore, Pa. 



The writer of this article has had the 

 pleasure of knowing Mr. Pratt for over a 

 year, and has repeatedly visited his yard, 

 and the editor of Gleanings requested an 

 article telling something of the man and his 

 work. 



Swarthmore (the town) is reached by 

 trolley from Philadelphia in about an hour 

 from the center of the city. At the end of 

 the Darby line, in the old village of Darby, 

 the suburban line to Media begins, and we 



in his make-up, and with a deep sense of ap- 

 preciation of what is worthwhile in this life. 

 He to some extent disregards conventionali- 

 ties, and appreciates more than most men 

 the fact that what is lasting and of greatest 

 value is not the hurried scramble after mon- 

 ey, but careful solid worth which will stay 

 and be of value to mankind. Of course, he 

 is in the queen-rearing business for money, 

 and he does a good business too; but at the 

 same time he continually experiments on 

 new methods, and spends much time study- 

 ing the habits of the bees. I suspect that 

 some bee-keepers will be surprised at my 

 statement that the subject of this sketch is 



