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Bottom Board (Ten-Frame Version)
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21\" x 12\" clear pine22\" x 1-7/8\" x 3/4\"These are the side rails.\r\nDado 3/4\" wide by 3/8\" deep along the entire length of each side\r\nrail, and rabbet one of the rear corners of each side rail 3/4\"\r\nwide by 3/8\" deep.
11\" x 12\" clear pine15-1/2\" x 1-7/8\" x 3/4\"This is the rear rail.\r\nDado 3/4\" wide by 3/8\" deep along the entire length.
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Deep Hive Bodies (Ten-Frame Version)
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Medium Super (Ten-Frame Version)
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If finger joints are just a little too tricky for you, you can use rabbet joints for the deep hive bodies and the medium super. There\r\nwill be a 7/8\" lip folded over the edges of the top. The following tables break down the ten-frame Langstroth beehive into its individual components and provide instructions for how to cut and put together those components.\r\n

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Bottom Board (Ten-Frame Version)
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21\" x 12\" clear pine22\" x 1-7/8\" x 3/4\"These are the side rails.\r\nDado 3/4\" wide by 3/8\" deep along the entire length of each side\r\nrail, and rabbet one of the rear corners of each side rail 3/4\"\r\nwide by 3/8\" deep.
11\" x 12\" clear pine15-1/2\" x 1-7/8\" x 3/4\"This is the rear rail.\r\nDado 3/4\" wide by 3/8\" deep along the entire length.
11\" x 12\" clear pine14-5/8\" x 3/4\" x 3/4\"This is the entrance reducer.\r\nCut two notches on two different sides of the entrance reducer (one\r\nside 3/8\" high by \" wide, and the other side 3/8\" high by\r\n4\" wide).
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Deep Hive Bodies (Ten-Frame Version)
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41\" x 12\" clear pine19-7/8\" x 9-5/8\" x 3/4\"These are the long sides.\r\nFor the 3/4\" finger joints, start your first cut 3/4\" from the\r\nbottom. Note that the top finger is 5/8\" (not 3/4\") and is trimmed\r\nto 3/8\" long.
21\" x 12\" clear pine16-1/4\" x 6-5/8\" x 3/4\"These are the short sides.\r\nFor the 3/4\" finger joints, start your first cut at the bottom.\r\nNote that the top finger is 1-3/8\" (not 3/4\").\r\nRabbet a groove 5/8\" wide by 3/8\" deep along the entire inside top\r\nlength.
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Inner Hive Cover (Ten-Frame Version)
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21\" x 12\" clear pine19-7/8\" x 3/4\" x 3/4\"These are the long rails.\r\nDado 1/4\" wide by 3/8\" deep along entire length, 1/8\" from\r\nedge.
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Outer Hive Cover (Ten-Frame Version)
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21\" x 12\" clear pine21-1/4\" x 2-1/4\" x 3/4\"These are the long rails.\r\nRabbet 3/4\" wide by 3/8\" deep along entire length of top edge.
21\" x 12\" clear pine18-1/4\" x 2-1/4\" x 3/4\"These are the short rails.\r\nRabbet 3/4\" wide by 3/8\" deep along entire length of top\r\nedge.\r\nAlso rabbet 3/4\" wide by 3/8\" deep along both ends of the\r\nboards.
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120\" aluminum flashing23-3/4\" x 20\"This is the protective metal roof.\r\nWrap the flashing over the top of the assembled outer cover. A rabbet joint may not be as strong as a finger joint, but with some weatherproof wood glue plus the nails, it should do the trick.

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