Boy, I have learned a lot from this thread.
Wish I had ...
There are four possible scenarios I can see, each of which will disrupt the life of the queen to different degrees, so I reckon it's important to make distinctions between these scenarios when considering any data from research in this area:
1) Mated queen is moved - along with mating-nuc combs and bees from mating nuc into a larger nuc. Either by placing the larger nuc above the mating nuc, or using some kind of frame adapter.
2) Mated queen is removed from mating nuc and immediately placed in a larger nuc box - perhaps in a large introduction cage which permits some laying - with new (to her) combs and bees.
3) Mated queen is removed and placed into a mailing cage, dispatched immediately and subsequently introduced to a nucleus colony, such that laying is only interrupted for a few days.
4) Mated queen is removed and placed into a queen banking cage and held there for several weeks until sold.
As you can see, I've listed these in order of assumed severity of disruption to the normal life of the mated queen. Unless we know - unambiguously - in what manner the mated queen has been re-located, any data relating to this is (imo) fairly meaningless.
LJ