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39) Raf Augustyn (NZ)

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Raf is a queen breeder based in New Zealand. He makes his own mating nucs that are based on the sizes used in Europe.

0:45 Mating Nuc Design

3:15 Using mating nucs as cell raisers

3:30 Using mating nucs for breeder queens

3:47 Using mating nucs as queen banks

3:57 Fixing failing mating nucs

4:30 Comparisons to poly mini nucs

5:00 queen quality in larger nucs

6:06 Full size mating nucs

9:19 European influence

10:54 Isolation Cages

12:09 Isolation queen bank

14:30 Custom queen excluders

16:15 Raf’s business

Check out Raf's business here.
https://www.manaqueen.co.nz/

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Podcast proudly brought to you by

Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia)

https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/

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