Combining angry bees with a nuc

[Eastergate]

I have one hive with some fairly angry bees that I decided last week to requeen. I have received a new queen in the post and made a nuc from the angry hive that seems to be doing well. In the next couple of days I plan to combine the nuc with the hive and killing off the old queen.
My issue is the hive has an 80% full super currently on the brood box, do I have to clear this and remove the super during this time or just place a new brood box with the contents of the nuc on top of the super - maybe with a queen excluder? The new queen will be in the top box but I have been told the brood in the bottom box won't like to travel up through a semi full super to get to her? Any help would be great - thanks.

 

[Finman]

The new queen will be in the top box but I have been told the brood in the bottom box won't like to travel up through a semi full super to get to her.

The queen travel around the hive and guard her kingdom. I can see how it lays drones in supers where I enough space to some drone cells.

Beekeepers have their stories

 

[snelgrove]

just place the nuc above the super with a excluder underneath over a sheet of newspaper with a few holes pricked in. after a few days reasemble hive with queen in bottom box.make sure old queen is removed prior to uniting

 

[alldigging]

Nuc needs to be in a brood box and moved next to the angry hive.
Make sure none of the frames have wax underneath that will stop them sitting on properly.

roof
crownboard
new brood
QE on top of layer of newspaper with holes made in.
super
old brood with queen removed
floor

Leave a few days. You'll see chewed newspaper either underneath or being dragged out by bees as they remove it.

Then you can swap things round and put the brood frames all in the bottom brood box when they've merged.
You can remove frames with just stores/empty and leave the brood to hatch out so you just have one brood box on.

 

[Eastergate]

Thank you all for coming back so quickly. The advise really helps and will combine as suggested. - thanks again !!