Hmmm.... Okay, I guess the question is, could I do this procedure without a nuc box? I will look around and see if I could get one, but I honestly don't know if I could obtain one in time (without paying a ridiculous amount for shipping, that is). I do have all the components to essentially put together a single medium hive, but that's it.
My other question is, if I were to decide to not do anything, and just leave all the queen cells in, and if something did go wrong and I lost the virgin during her mating flight, at that point could I just purchase a queen, or would the hive be too far gone?