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For example, what a lumberyard calls <i>1 inch x 12 inch lumber</i> is in fact 3/4 inch x 11-3/4 inch.</p>\r\nIn the following tables, each Material column lists nominal dimensions, and each Dimensions column lists the actual, final measurements.\r\n\r\nThis hive makes use of dado and rabbet joints.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab1\" >Bottom board</h2>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimension</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 x 3/8\" deep along the entire length of each side\r\nrail, and rabbet one of the rear corners of each opposite side rail\r\n3/4\" wide x 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>21-5/8\" x 8-1/4\" x ¾\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the “floor.”</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>1</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>8-1/4\" x 1-7/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the rear rail.\r\nDado 3/4\" wide x 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>7-3/8\" 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 as\r\nshown in the figure (one side 3/8\" high x 3/4\" wide, and the other\r\nside 3/8\" high x 4\" wide).</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 327px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356440.image0.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"327\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\nHere are some close-up views:\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 367px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356441.image1.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"367\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<h2 id=\"tab2\" >Hive body</h2>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimension</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>19-1/8\" x 9-5/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the long sides.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>9\" x 9-5/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the narrow sides.\r\nRabbet 5/8\" wide x 3/8\" deep along the entire inside top length of\r\nboth short side panels; rabbet a 3/4\" wide x 3/8\" deep joinery cut\r\nalong both ends of the narrow side panels.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>9\" x 1-7/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the hand rails.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 347px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356442.image2.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"347\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<h2 id=\"tab3\" >Inner hive cover</h2>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimension</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 x 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>8-1/4\" x 3/4\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the short rails.\r\nDado 1/4\" wide x 3/8\" deep along entire length, 1/8\" from\r\nedge.\r\nOptional: Cut a 3/4\" wide x 1/4\" deep ventilation notch at center\r\npoint of one short rail (on the thick side of the rail).</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 8-1/2\" 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</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 325px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356443.image3.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"325\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\nHere is a close-up view:\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 535px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356444.image4.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"535\" height=\"308\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<h2 id=\"tab4\" >Outer hive cover</h2>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimension</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 x 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>11\" x 2-1/4\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the short rails.\r\nRabbet 3/4\" wide x 3/8\" deep along entire length of top edge.\r\nAlso rabbet 3/4\" wide x3/8\" 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 10-1/4\" 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>14\" aluminum flashing</td>\r\n<td>25\" x 14\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the metal roof.\r\nWrap flashing over the top of the assembled outer cover. Fold\r\ncorners to avoid sharp edges.</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/356445.image5.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\nClose ups of the short and long rails:\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 354px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356446.image6.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"354\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>","description":"A nuc (short for nucleus colony) beehive is a small hive that many rookie beekeepers start with. It's also advantageous for experienced beekeepers, as a kind of \"back-up\" hive.\r\n\r\nThe following tables break down the five-frame nuc hive into its individual components and provide instructions on how to cut and build 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. For example, what a lumberyard calls <i>1 inch x 12 inch lumber</i> is in fact 3/4 inch x 11-3/4 inch.</p>\r\nIn the following tables, each Material column lists nominal dimensions, and each Dimensions column lists the actual, final measurements.\r\n\r\nThis hive makes use of dado and rabbet joints.\r\n<h2 id=\"tab1\" >Bottom board</h2>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimension</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 x 3/8\" deep along the entire length of each side\r\nrail, and rabbet one of the rear corners of each opposite side rail\r\n3/4\" wide x 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>21-5/8\" x 8-1/4\" x ¾\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the “floor.”</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>1</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>8-1/4\" x 1-7/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the rear rail.\r\nDado 3/4\" wide x 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>7-3/8\" 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 as\r\nshown in the figure (one side 3/8\" high x 3/4\" wide, and the other\r\nside 3/8\" high x 4\" wide).</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 327px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356440.image0.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"327\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\nHere are some close-up views:\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 367px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356441.image1.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"367\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<h2 id=\"tab2\" >Hive body</h2>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimension</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>19-1/8\" x 9-5/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the long sides.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>9\" x 9-5/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the narrow sides.\r\nRabbet 5/8\" wide x 3/8\" deep along the entire inside top length of\r\nboth short side panels; rabbet a 3/4\" wide x 3/8\" deep joinery cut\r\nalong both ends of the narrow side panels.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n<tr>\r\n<td>2</td>\r\n<td>1\" x 12\" clear pine</td>\r\n<td>9\" x 1-7/8\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the hand rails.</td>\r\n</tr>\r\n</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 347px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356442.image2.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"347\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<h2 id=\"tab3\" >Inner hive cover</h2>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimension</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 x 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>8-1/4\" x 3/4\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the short rails.\r\nDado 1/4\" wide x 3/8\" deep along entire length, 1/8\" from\r\nedge.\r\nOptional: Cut a 3/4\" wide x 1/4\" deep ventilation notch at center\r\npoint of one short rail (on the thick side of the rail).</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 8-1/2\" 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</tbody>\r\n</table>\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 325px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356443.image3.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"325\" height=\"400\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\nHere is a close-up view:\r\n<div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width: 535px;\">\r\n\r\n<img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356444.image4.jpg\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\" width=\"535\" height=\"308\" />\r\n<div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div>\r\n</div>\r\n<h2 id=\"tab4\" >Outer hive cover</h2>\r\n<table>\r\n<tbody>\r\n<tr>\r\n<th>Quantity</th>\r\n<th>Material</th>\r\n<th>Dimension</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 x 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>11\" x 2-1/4\" x 3/4\"</td>\r\n<td>These are the short rails.\r\nRabbet 3/4\" wide x 3/8\" deep along entire length of top edge.\r\nAlso rabbet 3/4\" wide x3/8\" 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 10-1/4\" 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>14\" aluminum flashing</td>\r\n<td>25\" x 14\"</td>\r\n<td>This is the metal roof.\r\nWrap flashing over the top of the assembled outer cover. 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Wood-Cutting List for a Five-Frame Nuc Hive

By: Howland Blackiston and

Updated: 06-23-2021

From The Book: Building Beehives For Dummies

Building Beehives For Dummies

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A nuc (short for nucleus colony) beehive is a small hive that many rookie beekeepers start with. It's also advantageous for experienced beekeepers, as a kind of "back-up" hive.

The following tables break down the five-frame nuc hive into its individual components and provide instructions on how to cut and build 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 12 inch lumber is in fact 3/4 inch x 11-3/4 inch.

In the following tables, each Material column lists nominal dimensions, and each Dimensions column lists the actual, final measurements.

This hive makes use of dado and rabbet joints.

Bottom board

Quantity	Material	Dimension	Notes
2	1" x 12" clear pine	22" x 1-7/8" x 3/4"	These are the side rails. Dado 3/4" wide x 3/8" deep along the entire length of each side rail, and rabbet one of the rear corners of each opposite side rail 3/4" wide x 3/8" deep.
1	1" x 12" clear pine	21-5/8" x 8-1/4" x ¾"	This is the “floor.”
1	1" x 12" clear pine	8-1/4" x 1-7/8" x 3/4"	This is the rear rail. Dado 3/4" wide x 3/8" deep along the entire length.
1	1" x 12" clear pine	7-3/8" x 3/4" x 3/4"	This is the entrance reducer. Cut two notches on two different sides of the entrance reducer as shown in the figure (one side 3/8" high x 3/4" wide, and the other side 3/8" high x 4" wide).

[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]

Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design

Here are some close-up views:

[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]

Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design

Hive body

Quantity	Material	Dimension	Notes
2	1" x 12" clear pine	19-1/8" x 9-5/8" x 3/4"	These are the long sides.
2	1" x 12" clear pine	9" x 9-5/8" x 3/4"	These are the narrow sides. Rabbet 5/8" wide x 3/8" deep along the entire inside top length of both short side panels; rabbet a 3/4" wide x 3/8" deep joinery cut along both ends of the narrow side panels.
2	1" x 12" clear pine	9" 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

Quantity	Material	Dimension	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 x 3/8" deep along entire length, 1/8" from edge.
2	1" x 12" clear pine	8-1/4" x 3/4" x 3/4"	These are the short rails. Dado 1/4" wide x 3/8" deep along entire length, 1/8" from edge. Optional: Cut a 3/4" wide x 1/4" deep ventilation notch at center point of one short rail (on the thick side of the rail).
1	1/4" lauan plywood	19-1/8" x 8-1/2" 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

Here is a close-up view:

[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]

Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design

Outer hive cover

Quantity	Material	Dimension	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 x 3/8" deep along entire length of top edge.
2	1" x 12" clear pine	11" x 2-1/4" x 3/4"	These are the short rails. Rabbet 3/4" wide x 3/8" deep along entire length of top edge. Also rabbet 3/4" wide x3/8" deep along both ends of the boards.
1	3/4" exterior plywood	21-1/4" x 10-1/4" x 3/4"	This is the top.
1	14" aluminum flashing	25" x 14"	This is the metal roof. Wrap flashing over the top of the assembled outer cover. Fold corners to avoid sharp edges.

[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]

Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design

Close ups of the short and long rails:

[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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