New nuc

[daniel]

 I have a very weak hive. Only a few bees left in it. The Queen is there but has stopped laying.  A neighbor Beekeeper dropped off a three frame nuc this morning. My question is after I get rid of the queen can I introduce the nuc right away or do they need to be queenless for a couple hours and will the few bees left from the original queen except the new queen in the nuc. Thanks Dan

[Michael Bush]

Queenless a couple of hours will improve acceptance considerably.