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I»I If you want the cheapest, buy the best. I am offering to the trade of 1922 Nuclei, 

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.♦• Let me prove to you that one of my 3-frame nuclei is worth more to you than a 2 or 3 pound package; be- .|, 



y sides, they cost you less. V 



X 1st. One of my 3-franie nuclei is equal to a swarm of bees, as you get young bees and brood in all stages, J] 



, and the queen laying enroute. ♦,• 



y 2nd. There is no trouble about transferring them, and the bees are fresh and not worn out from fretting y 



y as they are in pound packages. A 



y 3rd. The purchaser has an absolute guarantee that they will arrive in good condition. y 



X 4th. The three combs, if empty, are worth more than the difference in the price of freight. Last season *t* 



•}• I shipped over eighteen hundred nuclei, with a loss of only two. Can the pound package shipper give such A 



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'l^ Read what one of my customers says: St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, U. S. A., June 21, 1921. Mr. A. B. Mar- X 



y chant, Jesup, Ga. Dear Sir: "The four three-frame nuclei arrived today in perfect order, only stores were y 



% gone, and they could not have lasted a day longer, as they were on the road 28 days." Sincerely yours, Axel X 



y Hoist. The above settles the question as to safe arrival. ♦,♦ 



X Now a few words about my frames and combs. My frames are genuine Hoffman wired, with shoulders cut *»* 



•!• at each end of the end bars, which makes them fit square and even. |> 



y My combs are drawn from full sheets of the famous Dadant foundation. There is none so good. ^* 



X My shipping facilities are the best, having twenty or more express trains every twenty-four hours. Some *»* 



♦j* of them going to New York and other points without a change. •,♦ 



X Prices of my 3-frame nuclei, with a select untested queen, $5.50 each. Ten per cent cash with order to show *»* 



♦|» good faith, balance any time before shipping. .^. 



X Should a customer become dissatisfied and we cannot adjust the matter, then send your claim to the A. B. J. ♦}• 



1*1 and I will abide by whatever they do. ♦'. 



•f My bees are all bright 3-banded Italians. A great many breeders call them goldens. y 



X To those that have weak colonies and wish to build them up, I can furnish nuclei without queens from fif- X 



4> teen to twenty days earlier, price, $5 each. 'I* 



X I can also furnish full colonies in 8 and 10-frame hives; prices quoted on application. Shipping season de- X 



pends on the weather, usually begins April 15th. ^ ^ X 



y I can load a car in 48 hours, as I have over 1,000 colonies to draw from. y 



X My Guarantee: Safe arrival in U. S. and Canada, free from disease, pure stock of Italians, quick and X 



•I* prompt service, and a satisfied customer. •!• 



X THE NUCLEI MAN. Reference: THE BRUNSWICK BANK & TRUST CO., Jesup, Ga. y 



I A. B. MARCHANT, Jesup, Georgia |: 



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PATTERSON & WINTERS 



QUEENS 



Early Order Discounts for 1922 on Queens and Package Bees X 



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Orders received during November, 1921__10% Orders received during January, 1922__ 6% X 



Orders received during December, 1921_. 8% Orders received during February, 1922_. 4% .^. 



Orders received during March, 1922 2% y 



QUEENS 



1 untested Queen $1.25, 25 or more $1-00 



1 tested Queen $2.50, 25 or more 2.25 



1 select tested Queen, $3.00, 25 or more 2.50 



One fourth cash with order, balance before shipment, 



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NUCLEI 'f 



Two-comb regular Nuclei $3.60 Twenty-five or more 3.45 X 



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PACKAGES '4 



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One 2-lb. package, $3.60; 25 or more _--$3.45 One 3-lb. package, $5.00, 25 or more _.- 4.75 •J< 



Add price of queens wanted when ordering above packages. X 



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PATTERSON & WINTERS, Jourdanton, Tex. 



References: Adams Nat. Bank, Devine, Texas; Atascosa State Bank, Jourdanton, Tex. 'j- 



