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Jan 18, 2024 27 min

21) Ian Steppler (CA)

from Breeding the Honeybee Hosted by Brent Nixon

Ian Steppler is a Canadian beekeeper who breeds his own line of bees. Ian has unique cell raising and mating nuc styles that are well suited to short season commercial beekeeping. In this episode Ian goes into his cell raising process and mating nucs as well as explaining why he raises his own queens. Ian has a YouTube channel called A Canadian Beekeeper’s Blog. In this episode we discuss a lot of the things that you can see in this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouifrZvFn1U 00:00 Intro 2:18 Bringing in breeding stock 5:30 When Ian started raising his own stock 8:30 Cell builders 21:00 Mating nucs You can follow Ian’s work on his YouTube Channel or on his website - https://www.stepplerfarms.com/ 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/ Email Brent [email protected] Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nixonqueenbees/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nixonqueenbees/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@NixonQueenBees Episode Music https://audionautix.com/

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  1. 0:00 Intro
  2. 2:18 Bringing in breeding stock
  3. 5:30 When Ian started raising his own stock
  4. 8:30 Cell builders
  5. 21:00 Mating nucs

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