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This design inv","noIndex":0,"noFollow":0},"content":"<p>The following tables break down the Warré hive into its individual components and provide instructions on how to cut and build those components. This design involves making rabbet cuts.</p>\n<p class=\"Remember\">Lumber in a store is identified by its <em>nominal</em> 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 <em>1 inch x 6 inch lumber</em> is in fact 3/4 inch x 5-1/2 inch, and 2 inch x 3 inch lumber is actually 1-1/2 inch x 2-1/2 inch.</p>\n<p>In the following tables, each Material column lists nominal dimensions, and each Dimensions column lists the actual, final measurements.</p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<caption>Hive Bottom and Stand </caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Quantity</th><th>Material</th><th>Dimensions</th><th>Notes</th>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4</td>\n<td>2\" x 3\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>37/8\" x 2-1/2\" x 1-1/2\"</td>\n<td>These are the leg posts that elevate the hive off the ground.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1</td>\n<td>3/8\" exterior plywood</td>\n<td>16-1/8\" x 65/16\" x 3/8\"</td>\n<td>This is the bees’ landing board.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1</td>\n<td>3/8\" exterior plywood</td>\n<td>13-1/4\" x 13-1/4\" x 3/8\"</td>\n<td>This is the floor.<br />Cut a 4-11/16\" x 4-13/16\" notch centered along one edge of the floor board. This is the entrance to the hive.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td> </td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p><div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width:294px;\"><img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356620.image0.jpg\" width=\"294\" height=\"400\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\"/><div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div></div>\n</p>\n<p> </p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<caption>Hive Boxes </caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Quantity</th><th>Material</th><th>Dimensions</th><th>Notes</th>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>13-5/16\" x 8-1/4\" x ¾\"</td>\n<td>These are the long sides.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>11-13/16\" x 8-1/4\" x 3/4\"</td>\n<td>These are the short sides.<br />Rabbet a cut 5/8\" wide by 3/8\" deep along one entire inside top edge. This is the ledge on which the top bar frames sit (frame rest).</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8</td>\n<td>Use the leftover lumber from your 1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>10\" x 2\" x 3/4\"</td>\n<td>These are the hand rails. Each hive box has two (you make four hive boxes total, hence eight rails).</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td> </td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p><div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width:305px;\"><img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356621.image1.jpg\" width=\"305\" height=\"400\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\"/><div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div></div>\n</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width:498px;\"><img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356622.image2.jpg\" width=\"498\" height=\"400\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\"/><div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div></div>\n</p>\n<p> </p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<caption>Top Bars </caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Quantity</th><th>Material</th><th>Dimensions</th><th>Notes</th>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>32</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>12-3/8\" x 1\" x 3/4\"</td>\n<td>Rabbet a cut 7/16\" deep by 5/8\" long at each end of the top bars.<br />Cut a saw kerf on the bottom side centered along the entire length, 1/8\" wide by 1/4\" deep (you’ll place a starter strip of wood into this groove).</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>32</td>\n<td>3/32\" balsa wood</td>\n<td>10\" x ¾\" x 3/32\"</td>\n<td>These are the starter strips that you glue into the kerf cut groove.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td> </td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p><div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width:535px;\"><img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356623.image3.jpg\" width=\"535\" height=\"364\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\"/><div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div></div>\n</p>\n<p> </p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<caption>Quilt Box </caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Quantity</th><th>Material</th><th>Dimensions</th><th>Notes</th>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>13-5/16\" x 3-15/16\" x ¾\"</td>\n<td>These are the long sides.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>11-13/16\" x 3-15/16\" x ¾\"</td>\n<td>These are the short sides.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td> </td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p><div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width:264px;\"><img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356624.image4.jpg\" width=\"264\" height=\"400\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\"/><div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div></div>\n</p>\n<p> </p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<caption>Ventilated Roof </caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Quantity</th><th>Material</th><th>Dimensions</th><th>Notes</th>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>19-3/4\" x 8-5/16\" x 3/4\"</td>\n<td>These are the inclined roof boards.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>15-3/8\" x 8-5/16\" x 3/4\"</td>\n<td>These are the roof gables.<br />Along the designated top edge of each gable, make a mark with a pencil 6-7/8\" in from the outside edges. Measuring from the top edge, make a pencil mark 2\" down on each side edge. Make an angled cut from marks on the top edge to the marks on the side edge. Do this on both sides of each roof gable. This creates the correct pitch for the gables. It’s helpful to refer to the following figure.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>13-7/8\" x 4-3/4\" x ¾\"</td>\n<td>These are the short sides.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>19-3/4\" x 3\" x ¾\"</td>\n<td>This is the roof ridge board.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1</td>\n<td>3/8\" exterior plywood</td>\n<td>15-3/8\" x 13-7/8\" x 3/8\"</td>\n<td>This is the inner cover board.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td> </td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p><div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width:280px;\"><img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356625.image5.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"400\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\"/><div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div></div>\n</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width:500px;\"><img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356626.image6.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\"/><div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div></div>\n</p>","description":"<p>The following tables break down the Warré hive into its individual components and provide instructions on how to cut and build those components. This design involves making rabbet cuts.</p>\n<p class=\"Remember\">Lumber in a store is identified by its <em>nominal</em> 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 <em>1 inch x 6 inch lumber</em> is in fact 3/4 inch x 5-1/2 inch, and 2 inch x 3 inch lumber is actually 1-1/2 inch x 2-1/2 inch.</p>\n<p>In the following tables, each Material column lists nominal dimensions, and each Dimensions column lists the actual, final measurements.</p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<caption>Hive Bottom and Stand </caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Quantity</th><th>Material</th><th>Dimensions</th><th>Notes</th>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>4</td>\n<td>2\" x 3\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>37/8\" x 2-1/2\" x 1-1/2\"</td>\n<td>These are the leg posts that elevate the hive off the ground.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1</td>\n<td>3/8\" exterior plywood</td>\n<td>16-1/8\" x 65/16\" x 3/8\"</td>\n<td>This is the bees’ landing board.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1</td>\n<td>3/8\" exterior plywood</td>\n<td>13-1/4\" x 13-1/4\" x 3/8\"</td>\n<td>This is the floor.<br />Cut a 4-11/16\" x 4-13/16\" notch centered along one edge of the floor board. This is the entrance to the hive.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td> </td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p><div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width:294px;\"><img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356620.image0.jpg\" width=\"294\" height=\"400\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\"/><div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div></div>\n</p>\n<p> </p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<caption>Hive Boxes </caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Quantity</th><th>Material</th><th>Dimensions</th><th>Notes</th>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>13-5/16\" x 8-1/4\" x ¾\"</td>\n<td>These are the long sides.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>11-13/16\" x 8-1/4\" x 3/4\"</td>\n<td>These are the short sides.<br />Rabbet a cut 5/8\" wide by 3/8\" deep along one entire inside top edge. This is the ledge on which the top bar frames sit (frame rest).</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>8</td>\n<td>Use the leftover lumber from your 1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>10\" x 2\" x 3/4\"</td>\n<td>These are the hand rails. Each hive box has two (you make four hive boxes total, hence eight rails).</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td> </td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p><div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width:305px;\"><img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356621.image1.jpg\" width=\"305\" height=\"400\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\"/><div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div></div>\n</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width:498px;\"><img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356622.image2.jpg\" width=\"498\" height=\"400\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\"/><div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div></div>\n</p>\n<p> </p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<caption>Top Bars </caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Quantity</th><th>Material</th><th>Dimensions</th><th>Notes</th>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>32</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>12-3/8\" x 1\" x 3/4\"</td>\n<td>Rabbet a cut 7/16\" deep by 5/8\" long at each end of the top bars.<br />Cut a saw kerf on the bottom side centered along the entire length, 1/8\" wide by 1/4\" deep (you’ll place a starter strip of wood into this groove).</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>32</td>\n<td>3/32\" balsa wood</td>\n<td>10\" x ¾\" x 3/32\"</td>\n<td>These are the starter strips that you glue into the kerf cut groove.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td> </td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p><div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width:535px;\"><img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356623.image3.jpg\" width=\"535\" height=\"364\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\"/><div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div></div>\n</p>\n<p> </p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<caption>Quilt Box </caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Quantity</th><th>Material</th><th>Dimensions</th><th>Notes</th>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>13-5/16\" x 3-15/16\" x ¾\"</td>\n<td>These are the long sides.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>11-13/16\" x 3-15/16\" x ¾\"</td>\n<td>These are the short sides.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td> </td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p><div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width:264px;\"><img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356624.image4.jpg\" width=\"264\" height=\"400\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\"/><div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div></div>\n</p>\n<p> </p>\n<table border=\"0\">\n<caption>Ventilated Roof </caption>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th>Quantity</th><th>Material</th><th>Dimensions</th><th>Notes</th>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>19-3/4\" x 8-5/16\" x 3/4\"</td>\n<td>These are the inclined roof boards.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>15-3/8\" x 8-5/16\" x 3/4\"</td>\n<td>These are the roof gables.<br />Along the designated top edge of each gable, make a mark with a pencil 6-7/8\" in from the outside edges. Measuring from the top edge, make a pencil mark 2\" down on each side edge. Make an angled cut from marks on the top edge to the marks on the side edge. Do this on both sides of each roof gable. This creates the correct pitch for the gables. It’s helpful to refer to the following figure.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>2</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>13-7/8\" x 4-3/4\" x ¾\"</td>\n<td>These are the short sides.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1</td>\n<td>1\" x 10\" knotty pine</td>\n<td>19-3/4\" x 3\" x ¾\"</td>\n<td>This is the roof ridge board.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td>1</td>\n<td>3/8\" exterior plywood</td>\n<td>15-3/8\" x 13-7/8\" x 3/8\"</td>\n<td>This is the inner cover board.</td>\n</tr>\n<tr>\n<td> </td>\n</tr>\n</tbody>\n</table>\n<p><div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width:280px;\"><img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356625.image5.jpg\" width=\"280\" height=\"400\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\"/><div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div></div>\n</p>\n<p> </p>\n<p><div class=\"imageBlock\" style=\"width:500px;\"><img src=\"https://www.dummies.com/wp-content/uploads/356626.image6.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" alt=\"[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]\"/><div class=\"imageCredit\">Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design</div></div>\n</p>","blurb":"","authors":[{"authorId":9257,"name":"Howland Blackiston","slug":"howland-blackiston","description":" <p><b>C. 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Cut List for a Warré Hive

By: Howland Blackiston and

Updated: 03-26-2016

From The Book: Building Beehives For Dummies

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The following tables break down the Warré hive into its individual components and provide instructions on how to cut and build those components. This design involves making rabbet cuts.

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 2 inch x 3 inch lumber is actually 1-1/2 inch x 2-1/2 inch.

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

Hive Bottom and Stand
Quantity	Material	Dimensions	Notes
4	2" x 3" knotty pine	37/8" x 2-1/2" x 1-1/2"	These are the leg posts that elevate the hive off the ground.
1	3/8" exterior plywood	16-1/8" x 65/16" x 3/8"	This is the bees’ landing board.
1	3/8" exterior plywood	13-1/4" x 13-1/4" x 3/8"	This is the floor. Cut a 4-11/16" x 4-13/16" notch centered along one edge of the floor board. This is the entrance to the hive.

[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]

Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design

Hive Boxes
Quantity	Material	Dimensions	Notes
8	1" x 10" knotty pine	13-5/16" x 8-1/4" x ¾"	These are the long sides.
8	1" x 10" knotty pine	11-13/16" x 8-1/4" x 3/4"	These are the short sides. Rabbet a cut 5/8" wide by 3/8" deep along one entire inside top edge. This is the ledge on which the top bar frames sit (frame rest).
8	Use the leftover lumber from your 1" x 10" knotty pine	10" x 2" x 3/4"	These are the hand rails. Each hive box has two (you make four hive boxes total, hence eight rails).

[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

Top Bars
Quantity	Material	Dimensions	Notes
32	1" x 10" knotty pine	12-3/8" x 1" x 3/4"	Rabbet a cut 7/16" deep by 5/8" long at each end of the top bars. Cut a saw kerf on the bottom side centered along the entire length, 1/8" wide by 1/4" deep (you’ll place a starter strip of wood into this groove).
32	3/32" balsa wood	10" x ¾" x 3/32"	These are the starter strips that you glue into the kerf cut groove.

[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]

Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design

Quilt Box
Quantity	Material	Dimensions	Notes
2	1" x 10" knotty pine	13-5/16" x 3-15/16" x ¾"	These are the long sides.
2	1" x 10" knotty pine	11-13/16" x 3-15/16" x ¾"	These are the short sides.

[Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design]

Credit: Illustration by Felix Freudzon, Freudzon Design

Ventilated Roof
Quantity	Material	Dimensions	Notes
2	1" x 10" knotty pine	19-3/4" x 8-5/16" x 3/4"	These are the inclined roof boards.
2	1" x 10" knotty pine	15-3/8" x 8-5/16" x 3/4"	These are the roof gables. Along the designated top edge of each gable, make a mark with a pencil 6-7/8" in from the outside edges. Measuring from the top edge, make a pencil mark 2" down on each side edge. Make an angled cut from marks on the top edge to the marks on the side edge. Do this on both sides of each roof gable. This creates the correct pitch for the gables. It’s helpful to refer to the following figure.
2	1" x 10" knotty pine	13-7/8" x 4-3/4" x ¾"	These are the short sides.
1	1" x 10" knotty pine	19-3/4" x 3" x ¾"	This is the roof ridge board.
1	3/8" exterior plywood	15-3/8" x 13-7/8" x 3/8"	This is the inner cover board.

[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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