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I'm making a long hive to put 30 deep frames in (sick of heaving deep boxes around
). As I look at rabbeting for the frame rests, it occurred to me that I could make a deeper rabbet (7/8" instead of 5/8) to leave 3/8" beespace on top of the top bars (and adding 1/4" to the width of the boards to compensate), since there won't be an inner cover to add the 1/4". Thoughts? I've made a few top-entrance migratory lids with shims like Michael Bush's design and they seem to work fine. But what I'm thinking of won't have the shim to elevate the lid off of the topbars, and on a 30-frame long hive, I'm concerned that they'll propolize the migratory lids down if there isn't beespace on top of the frames. Or maybe even just that the ventilation will be better with beespace on top.
Sure I'm over-thinking this, but since I'm making the rabbet anyways, why not make it for migratory lids?
Sure I'm over-thinking this, but since I'm making the rabbet anyways, why not make it for migratory lids?