Glenn said:
I thought I had read on this list of people over wintering nucs?

What you want to do has and is being done but success is not always had. Too
many variables to list in one post but as Mike said time is not on your
side.

Be sure you use plenty of young bees to overwinter if you overwinter a small
nuc. Give the bees everything they need to overwinter when you make up the
nuc. Young bees  shook in on frames of honey might be better than sealed
brood because as the brood emerges the the  nest  area if in the center
might split and the small cluster might move to one side of the  box or the
other  putting the cluster too far away from the honey in cold weather.

Requeening  with your left over queen might be a better option but even
requeening this late in Ohio might be problematic.

Most times  successful beekeeping involves doing certain beekeeping jobs at
the correct time of the year (for your area).

 Many times failure is directly related to the  wrong time of the year (as
Mike pointed out).

Bob

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