David Eyre wrote:
> A nuc will make a very satisfactory queen PROVIDED the
> following are adhered too.
>         Lots of young bees (recently emerged)
>         Lots of stores, especially pollen
>         Incoming nectar
>         Limited number of queen cells.
> The other major problem. The nuc is under pressure to make a queen of any
> sort. Under these circumstances they will often take a larvae that is
> really too old, these produce a scrub, but as the saying goes 'any port in
> a storm'   What happens now is, superscedure, now the bees have time.
 
My understanding of the original post was that a supercedure queen was
planned, in essence, to be raised by a nuc given a frame of eggs.  This,
as you say, will result in a scrub, if anything.  I fully agree that a
properly prepared nuc will do a fine job of hatching out a ripe queen
cell given to it (which I assume from your list of criteria).
 
Ted Fischer
Dexter, Michigan USA