39) Raf Augustyn (NZ)

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