Nucs are indeed the Swiss Army knife. A excellent metaphor by HP. As Old Beavo suggest, nucs are problem solver for many a distressed hive.
I will have a nuc, made by split this week. By May, I will have about 10 nucs ready to support my queen rearing operation. But I tell ya, I am not good at over winterization of nucs in this area. I have tried side by side for warmth, singly, double and even tripe high 5 frame nucs and old man winter takes his share. So I just over winter over 10 frames as I have done for, Er eh, never mind.
HoneyPump, you always provide great advice, thank you Sir. I will save this hive, as a backyard beek this my enjoyment of bees is working different solutions to create resolve therefore saving the hive. The easiest was adding eggs and hoping for a queen cell but there is no mature drones for mating for another 7 days. I saw the first walking drone, one, last week.
So, I?ll keep adding brood as needed or combine with a split this week.