Swarm cells so moved the queen to a nuc

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I found a load of sealed queen cells in the hive, together with recent eggs and the queen.
I have torn down all but two of the queen cells and have moved the queen and a couple of frames of brood to a nuc, and shaken a couple of frames of bees in.

Doh!
I have realised that I should have moved brood and queen cells and left the queen on the original site.

Should I try to rectify this, or leave the queen in the nuc?

(in a second hive, I found queen cells and eggs but no queen. I have left just two queen cells and have left it be)

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This is how I do swarm control, because it is easy. You can always unite if yo don't see a queen in the next 20ish days.
 

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