BEE MANUAL. 119 
are seasoned, while the 2 in. strips will come in for making 
frames. Plane the 12 x 1 ft. board on one side, reducing the 
thickness to seven-eighths of an inch, and run a trying plane 
along one edge till the edge is perfectly straight. Mark the 
depth (10 in.) from the straight edge, and rip off the strip ; 
now cut from your 12 ft. board four pieces 16 in. long, for end 
pieces, and four 194 in. long, for sides; then set your gauge to 
mark three-eighths, and take each of your end pieces, lay them 
on the bench, planed side up, and run your gauge along the 
rough edges, marking for the rabbet D shown in Fig. 39. 
Fig. 39.—_END OF HIVE (INSIDE VIEW): 
Next hold the pieces on their edges, and mark with the same 
gauge in from the planed side. This will show the piece to be 
taken out to form the rabbet D. The pieces should now be 
Fig. 40.—END OF HIVE (OUTSIDE VIEW), 
turned the planed edges up, and the same gauge run along the 
edges from the planed side of the board to mark for the rabbet 
E, shown in Fig. 39. Now lay the ends flat (rough side up), 
