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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Amy is a queen breeder. Her business is called Kereru Queen bees, which she runs with her two sisters and their husbands. The business was originally started by Amy’s father John over 40 years ago. The business is based in Kereru, a small farming district 60 km's southwest from Napier/Hastings on the eastern foothills of the northern Ruahine ranges in Hawkes Bay.

Contact Amy - kereruqueenbees@gmail.com

If you are interested in reading a nice book about Amy's Grandfather growing up with the bees you can email Amy's mother - jenny-dobson@xtra.co.nz
I have a copy of this book which my family read in one sitting and loved it.

Check out Amy's dad queen cell carriers here https://www.carricell.com/

An interview with Amy's grandfather from 2015 https://knowledgebank.org.nz/audio/berry-ian-interview/

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0:00 Intro and family

6:10 Kinds of bees

9:35 UbeeO

11:00 Randy Oliver

12:05 Kirk Webster

12:55 Ray Butler

13:10 AFB

15:35 Mating nucs

19:03 Cells

25:00 Fun facts

Chris is a 3rd generation beekeeper from Canada. His family specialise in imports of packages and queens. You can find the family’s business at https://www.bartelbeeco.ca/

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0:00 Family

7:59 Shipping queens internationally

12:40 Old way of beekeeping in Canada

16:10 Wintering

18:55 Ezy Loader

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