I use all 8 frame medium supers. Can I get by with making them without the dovetails? Or will they not last as long?
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I use all 8 frame medium supers. Can I get by with making them without the dovetails? Or will they not last as long?
Use rabbit joints, glue with Liquid Nails Exterior glue, nail well with 1/4"x 1 1/4" galvanized narrow crown staples.
I've made hundreds of these. They will last as long as any.
I second the plan above, except I use Titebond II and finish nails.
1" pine, Titebond III, 2" deck screws. Rabit joints cut on table saw. Finished 12 deeps and 12 mediums yesterday!
> Can I get by with making them without the dovetails?
Commercially made hive bodies are generally made with box joints, not dovetail joints. The difference is that the edges of a dovetail joint are not parallel to any plane of the wood. Box joints are parallel to the wood.
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Dovetall joint above
http://www.basiccarpentrytechniques....mages/f245.jpg
Box joint above
Rabbet joints (or rebate joints in certain parts of the world :D) work fine for bee boxes. Just be sure to use both glue and your choice of mechanical fasteners.