- 1). Frame a bottom board for your bee hive using wood glue or nails. Cut the bottom board from 3/4-inch plywood. The frame should be 22 by 16 1/4 inches in dimension with a thickness of 1 7/8 inch. Use a router to cut a 3/8-inch slot through the two longer sides of the frame and one shorter side.
- 2). Build the deep hive body out of plywood. The deep hive body should measure 19 7/8 inches in length, 16 1/4 inches in width and 9-5/8 inches in height. Use wood glue or liquid nails to glue the frame together rather than painstakingly cutting a tongue and groove around all of the edges. Apply a 2-inch strip on the shorter sides of the frame to use as handholds.
- 3). Construct the Dadant style honey super module. This frame should measure 19 7/8 inches in length, 16 1/4 inches in width and 6 5/8 inches in height. Use the liquid nails or wood glue to join the pieces together. Similar to the hive body, also use a 2-inch strip of plywood to construct handholds on both of the shorter sides of the frame.
- 4). Glue together the shallow super. This frame measures 19 7/8 inches in length, 16 1/4 inches in width and 5 11/16 inches in height. Glue a handhold on both sides of the shorter sections of the frame.
- 5). Construct the inner cover. This frame should measure 19 7/8 inches in length, 16 1/4 inches in width and 5/8 inches in height. Glue a 3/4-inch plywood top to the inner cover as well. Use a wood auger to drill a 3 1/2-inch hole in the top.
- 6). Construct the outer cover. The outer cover consists of two frames that are laid over each other. The inner frame should measure 20 1/4 inches in length, 16 5/8 inches in width and 1 1/2 inches in height. The outer frame should measure 21 3/4 inches in length, 18 1/8 inches in width and 2 1/4 inches in height. Cover the top of the outer frame with 3/4 inch plywood as well as a sheet of tin.
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