Did not say that. Queens should be raised to capped in the largest queenless hives you can create. In properly done splits you can be right. Mating is done in the smallest nuc practical. By the way you distributed a nuc for the queen. Not a artificial or shaken swarm. Which in fact has no brood in the box the queen and bees are placed in. This a direct simulation of a natural swarm queen bees no brood. Just a clarification of the terms to avoid confusion in a world of confusion for the new bee.