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)

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