Nuc or Artificial Supercedure?

[gardeningfireman]

I was reading about artificial supercedure to help control varroa by interrupting the brood cycle in July.  I don't have a big varroa problem, but I want to increase my colonies. I figure I could do that, or just start another 5 frame nuc. My question is; if I do the supercedure, will the temporary absence of the queen affect the fall honey production in that hive very much, or do the bees continue with the production anyway?

[Robo]

If you time it correctly, you can actually increase your production.   They will gather more nectar when they have no brood to care for.

[gardeningfireman]

When I checked one of my hives today, I found several queen cells. I think they might be supersedure cells. I also saw the queen. I have had her for two years; I think she is three. I started a nuc with two of the queen cells and a queen cup. I left the old queen with the hive and a couple other queen cells. In another hive (nuc from this spring), I started a nuc with brood and some eggs. That hive is so strong, if I had a couple more boxes, I would have done a full split instead of a nuc!