{"appState":{"pageLoadApiCallsStatus":true},"articleState":{"article":{"headers":{"creationTime":"2016-03-26T15:45:38+00:00","modifiedTime":"2021-06-14T21:34:20+00:00","timestamp":"2022-09-14T18:18:15+00:00"},"data":{"breadcrumbs":[{"name":"Home, Auto, & Hobbies","_links":{"self":"https://dummies-api.dummies.com/v2/categories/33809"},"slug":"home-auto-hobbies","categoryId":33809},{"name":"Hobby Farming","_links":{"self":"https://dummies-api.dummies.com/v2/categories/33933"},"slug":"hobby-farming","categoryId":33933},{"name":"Beekeeping","_links":{"self":"https://dummies-api.dummies.com/v2/categories/33934"},"slug":"beekeeping","categoryId":33934}],"title":"Wood-Cutting List for an Eight-Frame Langstroth Beehive","strippedTitle":"wood-cutting list for an eight-frame langstroth beehive","slug":"cut-list-for-the-eight-frame-langstroth-hive","canonicalUrl":"","seo":{"metaDescription":"The Langstroth -style beehive — named after Rev. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth, who invented it in 1851 in Massachusetts — is the most common style hive in North ","noIndex":0,"noFollow":0},"content":"The <em>Langstroth</em>-style beehive — named after Rev. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth, who invented it in 1851 in Massachusetts — is the most common style hive in North America. The following tables break down the eight-frame Langstroth beehive into its individual components and provide instructions for how to cut and put together those components.\r\n<p class=\"Remember\">Lumber in a store is identified by its <i>nominal</i> size, which is its rough dimension before it’s trimmed and sanded to its finished size at the lumber mill. The actual finished dimensions are always slightly different from the nominal dimensions.</p>\r\nFor example, what a lumberyard calls <i>1 inch x 6 inch lumber</i> is in fact 3/4 inch x 5-1/2 inch, and <i>1 inch x 12 inch lumber</i> is in fact 3/4 inch x 11-1/4 inch. In the following tables, each Material column lists nominal dimensions, and each Dimensions column lists the actual, final measurements.\r\n\r\nThis hive design makes use of rabbet cuts, dado cuts, and finger joints.\r\n<p class=\"Tip\">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. 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.</p>\r\nIf you choose the simpler rabbet option, you need to cut a 3/4-inch-wide-by-3/8-inch-deep rabbet along each corner of the short sides of the hive bodies and the short sides of the medium super. Also, you need to cut the long sides of the hive bodies and mediums to 19-1/8 inch when using the rabbet option (rather than the 19-7/8 inch length when using the finger joint option).\r\n<table><caption>Bottom Board (Eight-Frame Version)</caption>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimensions</th>\r\n<th>Notes</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>22\" x 1-7/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>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.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>1</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>13\" x 1-7/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the rear rail.\r\nDado 3/4\" wide by 3/8\" deep along the entire length.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>1</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>12-1/8\" x 3/4\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the entrance reducer.\r\nCut two notches on two different sides of the entrance reducer (one\r\nside 3/8” high by @@bf3/4” wide, and the other side\r\n@@bf3/8” high by 4” wide).</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>1</td>\r\n<td>3/4\" exterior plywood</td>\r\n<td>215/8\" x 13\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the floor.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 307px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356599.image0.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"307\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 330px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356600.image1.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"330\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<table><caption>Deep Hive Bodies (Eight-Frame Version)</caption>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimensions</th>\r\n<th>Notes</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>4</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>19-7/8\" x 9-5/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>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.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>4</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>13-3/4\" x 9-5/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>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 cut 5/8\" wide by 3/8\" deep along the entire inside top\r\nlength.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>4</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>13-3/4\" x 1-7/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the hand rails.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 212px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356601.image2.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"212\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<table><caption>Medium Super (Eight-Frame Version)</caption>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimensions</th>\r\n<th>Notes</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>19-7/8\" x 6-5/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>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.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>13-3/4\" x 6-5/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>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.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>13-3/4\" x 1-7/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the hand rails.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 321px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356602.image3.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"321\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<table><caption>Inner Hive Cover (Eight-Frame Version)</caption>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimensions</th>\r\n<th>Notes</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>19-7/8\" x 3/4\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the long rails.\r\nDado 1/4\" wide by 3/8\" deep along entire length, 1/8\" from\r\nedge.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>13 x 3/4\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the short rails.\r\nDado 1/4\" wide by 3/8\" deep along entire length, 1/8\" from\r\nedge.\r\nOption: Cut a 3/4\" wide by 1/4\" deep ventilation notch on the\r\ncenter point of <i>one</i> short rail (on the thick side of the\r\nrail).</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>1</td>\r\n<td>1/4\" lauan plywood</td>\r\n<td>19-1/8\" x 13 x 1/4\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the top.\r\nDrill a 1\" round ventilation hole in the center of the\r\nplywood.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 355px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356603.image4.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"355\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 305px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356604.image5.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"305\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 535px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356605.image6.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"535\" height=\"354\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<table><caption>Outer Hive Cover (Eight-Frame Version)</caption>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimensions</th>\r\n<th>Notes</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>21-1/4\" x 2-1/4\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the long rails.\r\nRabbet 3/4\" wide by 3/8\" deep along entire length of top edge.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>15-3/4\" x 2-1/4\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>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.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>1</td>\r\n<td>3/4\" exterior plywood</td>\r\n<td>21-1/4\" x 15 x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the top.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>1</td>\r\n<td>20\" aluminum flashing</td>\r\n<td>17-3/4\" x 22\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the protective metal roof.\r\nWrap the flashing over the top of the assembled outer cover. There\r\nwill be a 1\" lip folded over the edges of the top. Fold the corners\r\nto avoid sharp edges.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 320px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356606.image7.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"320\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 433px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356607.image8.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"433\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>","description":"The <em>Langstroth</em>-style beehive — named after Rev. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth, who invented it in 1851 in Massachusetts — is the most common style hive in North America. The following tables break down the eight-frame Langstroth beehive into its individual components and provide instructions for how to cut and put together those components.\r\n<p class=\"Remember\">Lumber in a store is identified by its <i>nominal</i> size, which is its rough dimension before it’s trimmed and sanded to its finished size at the lumber mill. The actual finished dimensions are always slightly different from the nominal dimensions.</p>\r\nFor example, what a lumberyard calls <i>1 inch x 6 inch lumber</i> is in fact 3/4 inch x 5-1/2 inch, and <i>1 inch x 12 inch lumber</i> is in fact 3/4 inch x 11-1/4 inch. In the following tables, each Material column lists nominal dimensions, and each Dimensions column lists the actual, final measurements.\r\n\r\nThis hive design makes use of rabbet cuts, dado cuts, and finger joints.\r\n<p class=\"Tip\">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. 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.</p>\r\nIf you choose the simpler rabbet option, you need to cut a 3/4-inch-wide-by-3/8-inch-deep rabbet along each corner of the short sides of the hive bodies and the short sides of the medium super. Also, you need to cut the long sides of the hive bodies and mediums to 19-1/8 inch when using the rabbet option (rather than the 19-7/8 inch length when using the finger joint option).\r\n<table><caption>Bottom Board (Eight-Frame Version)</caption>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimensions</th>\r\n<th>Notes</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>22\" x 1-7/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>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.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>1</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>13\" x 1-7/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the rear rail.\r\nDado 3/4\" wide by 3/8\" deep along the entire length.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>1</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>12-1/8\" x 3/4\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the entrance reducer.\r\nCut two notches on two different sides of the entrance reducer (one\r\nside 3/8” high by @@bf3/4” wide, and the other side\r\n@@bf3/8” high by 4” wide).</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>1</td>\r\n<td>3/4\" exterior plywood</td>\r\n<td>215/8\" x 13\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the floor.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 307px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356599.image0.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"307\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 330px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356600.image1.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"330\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<table><caption>Deep Hive Bodies (Eight-Frame Version)</caption>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimensions</th>\r\n<th>Notes</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>4</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>19-7/8\" x 9-5/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>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.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>4</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>13-3/4\" x 9-5/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>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 cut 5/8\" wide by 3/8\" deep along the entire inside top\r\nlength.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>4</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>13-3/4\" x 1-7/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the hand rails.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 212px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356601.image2.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"212\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<table><caption>Medium Super (Eight-Frame Version)</caption>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimensions</th>\r\n<th>Notes</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>19-7/8\" x 6-5/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>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.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>13-3/4\" x 6-5/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>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.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>13-3/4\" x 1-7/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the hand rails.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 321px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356602.image3.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"321\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<table><caption>Inner Hive Cover (Eight-Frame Version)</caption>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimensions</th>\r\n<th>Notes</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>19-7/8\" x 3/4\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the long rails.\r\nDado 1/4\" wide by 3/8\" deep along entire length, 1/8\" from\r\nedge.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>13 x 3/4\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the short rails.\r\nDado 1/4\" wide by 3/8\" deep along entire length, 1/8\" from\r\nedge.\r\nOption: Cut a 3/4\" wide by 1/4\" deep ventilation notch on the\r\ncenter point of <i>one</i> short rail (on the thick side of the\r\nrail).</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>1</td>\r\n<td>1/4\" lauan plywood</td>\r\n<td>19-1/8\" x 13 x 1/4\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the top.\r\nDrill a 1\" round ventilation hole in the center of the\r\nplywood.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td></td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 355px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356603.image4.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"355\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 305px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356604.image5.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"305\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 535px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356605.image6.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"535\" height=\"354\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<table><caption>Outer Hive Cover (Eight-Frame Version)</caption>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimensions</th>\r\n<th>Notes</th>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>21-1/4\" x 2-1/4\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the long rails.\r\nRabbet 3/4\" wide by 3/8\" deep along entire length of top edge.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>15-3/4\" x 2-1/4\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>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.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>1</td>\r\n<td>3/4\" exterior plywood</td>\r\n<td>21-1/4\" x 15 x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the top.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>1</td>\r\n<td>20\" aluminum flashing</td>\r\n<td>17-3/4\" x 22\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the protective metal roof.\r\nWrap the flashing over the top of the assembled outer cover. 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Wood-Cutting List for an Eight-Frame Langstroth Beehive

By: Howland Blackiston and

Updated: 06-14-2021

From The Book: Building Beehives For Dummies

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The Langstroth-style beehive — named after Rev. Lorenzo Lorraine Langstroth, who invented it in 1851 in Massachusetts — is the most common style hive in North America. The following tables break down the eight-frame Langstroth beehive into its individual components and provide instructions for how to cut and put together those components.

Lumber in a store is identified by its nominal size, which is its rough dimension before it’s trimmed and sanded to its finished size at the lumber mill. The actual finished dimensions are always slightly different from the nominal dimensions.

For example, what a lumberyard calls 1 inch x 6 inch lumber is in fact 3/4 inch x 5-1/2 inch, and 1 inch x 12 inch lumber is in fact 3/4 inch x 11-1/4 inch. In the following tables, each Material column lists nominal dimensions, and each Dimensions column lists the actual, final measurements.

This hive design makes use of rabbet cuts, dado cuts, and finger joints.

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. 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.

If you choose the simpler rabbet option, you need to cut a 3/4-inch-wide-by-3/8-inch-deep rabbet along each corner of the short sides of the hive bodies and the short sides of the medium super. Also, you need to cut the long sides of the hive bodies and mediums to 19-1/8 inch when using the rabbet option (rather than the 19-7/8 inch length when using the finger joint option).

Bottom Board (Eight-Frame Version)
Quantity	Material	Dimensions	Notes
2	1" x 12" clear pine	22" x 1-7/8" x 3/4"	These are the side rails. Dado 3/4" wide by 3/8" deep along the entire length of each side rail, and rabbet one of the rear corners of each side rail 3/4" wide by 3/8" deep.
1	1" x 12" clear pine	13" x 1-7/8" x 3/4"	This is the rear rail. Dado 3/4" wide by 3/8" deep along the entire length.
1	1" x 12" clear pine	12-1/8" x 3/4" x 3/4"	This is the entrance reducer. Cut two notches on two different sides of the entrance reducer (one side 3/8” high by @@bf3/4” wide, and the other side @@bf3/8” high by 4” wide).
1	3/4" exterior plywood	215/8" x 13" x 3/4"	This is the floor.

[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]

Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design

[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]

Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design

Deep Hive Bodies (Eight-Frame Version)
Quantity	Material	Dimensions	Notes
4	1" x 12" clear pine	19-7/8" x 9-5/8" x 3/4"	These are the long sides. For the 3/4" finger joints, start your first cut 3/4" from the bottom. Note that the top finger is 5/8" (not 3/4") and is trimmed to 3/8" long.
4	1" x 12" clear pine	13-3/4" x 9-5/8" x 3/4"	These are the short sides. For the 3/4" finger joints, start your first cut at the bottom. Note that the top finger is 1-3/8" (not 3/4"). Rabbet a cut 5/8" wide by 3/8" deep along the entire inside top length.
4	1" x 12" clear pine	13-3/4" x 1-7/8" x 3/4"	These are the hand rails.

[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]

Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design

Medium Super (Eight-Frame Version)
Quantity	Material	Dimensions	Notes
2	1" x 12" clear pine	19-7/8" x 6-5/8" x 3/4"	These are the long sides. For the 3/4" finger joints, start your first cut 3/4" from the bottom. Note that the top finger is 5/8" (not 3/4") and is trimmed to 3/8" long.
2	1" x 12" clear pine	13-3/4" x 6-5/8" x 3/4"	These are the short sides. For the 3/4" finger joints, start your first cut at the bottom. Note that the top finger is 1-3/8" (not 3/4"). Rabbet a groove 5/8" wide by 3/8" deep along the entire inside top length.
2	1" x 12" clear pine	13-3/4" x 1-7/8" x 3/4"	These are the hand rails.

[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]

Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design

Inner Hive Cover (Eight-Frame Version)
Quantity	Material	Dimensions	Notes
2	1" x 12" clear pine	19-7/8" x 3/4" x 3/4"	These are the long rails. Dado 1/4" wide by 3/8" deep along entire length, 1/8" from edge.
2	1" x 12" clear pine	13 x 3/4" x 3/4"	These are the short rails. Dado 1/4" wide by 3/8" deep along entire length, 1/8" from edge. Option: Cut a 3/4" wide by 1/4" deep ventilation notch on the center point of one short rail (on the thick side of the rail).
1	1/4" lauan plywood	19-1/8" x 13 x 1/4"	This is the top. Drill a 1" round ventilation hole in the center of the plywood.

[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]

Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design

[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]

Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design

[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]

Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design

Outer Hive Cover (Eight-Frame Version)
Quantity	Material	Dimensions	Notes
2	1" x 12" clear pine	21-1/4" x 2-1/4" x 3/4"	These are the long rails. Rabbet 3/4" wide by 3/8" deep along entire length of top edge.
2	1" x 12" clear pine	15-3/4" x 2-1/4" x 3/4"	These are the short rails. Rabbet 3/4" wide by 3/8" deep along entire length of top edge. Also rabbet 3/4" wide by 3/8" deep along both ends of the boards.
1	3/4" exterior plywood	21-1/4" x 15 x 3/4"	This is the top.
1	20" aluminum flashing	17-3/4" x 22"	This is the protective metal roof. Wrap the flashing over the top of the assembled outer cover. There will be a 1" lip folded over the edges of the top. Fold the corners to avoid sharp edges.

[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]

Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design

[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]

Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design

About This Article

This article is from the book:

Building Beehives For Dummies ,

About the book author:

C. Marina Marchese is an author, beekeeper, and honey sensory expert. She is also the founder of the American Honey Tasting Society and the Red Bee ^® brand.

Howland Blackiston is the bestselling author of Beekeeping For Dummies and Building Beehives For Dummies, and founding board member and past president of Connecticut’s Back Yard Beekeepers Association.

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