{"podcast":{"title":"Breeding the Honeybee","slug":"breeding-the-honeybee-5581713","podcast_index_feed_id":5581713,"rss_url":"https://feeds.transistor.fm/breeding-the-honeybee","website_url":"https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/","image_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/cUJO2OIF2dkYL2zJFEmdODTw8CvbZaGyxP3CR8QFtc0/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:1400/h:1400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzMyNTIwLzE2NTc5/Njk4NDItYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.jpg","author":"Brent Nixon","episode_count":40,"summary":"All about bee breeding. Episodes range from: bee genetics, stories about bee breeding, analysis of research and interviews with people in this field.","last_synced_at":"2026-06-08T02:17:11.969737+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breeding-the-honeybee-5581713"},"episode":{"title":"39) Raf Augustyn (NZ)","slug":"39-raf-augustyn-nz","published_at":"2026-06-07T21:21:23+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breeding-the-honeybee-5581713/39-raf-augustyn-nz","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breeding-the-honeybee-5581713","url":"https://share.transistor.fm/s/3f1e6886","audio_url":"https://media.transistor.fm/3f1e6886/36765d23.mp3","summary":"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/ Join the podcast Facebook community group - This is a great place to comment on the episode, share some of your own tips or just say hi! https://www.facebook.com/groups/breedingthehoneybee Podcast proudly brought to you by Brent Nixon at Nixon Queen Bees (Ballarat VIC, Australia) https://nixonqueenbees.com.au/ Music by https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCL0pcAGV4g67jCxGIPWv9iQ","meta_description":"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 ma…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1032,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/breeding-the-honeybee-5581713/episodes/39-raf-augustyn-nz/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/breeding-the-honeybee-5581713/39-raf-augustyn-nz.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}