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If you need it to be uniform pieces, then plane it. But you don't really need it to be smooth on the outside. And on the inside, the comb won't be built down to the bottom or sides. Any small gaps will be sealed with propolis by the bees. If you want a smoother inside. Before the bees move in or before you introduce a colony, you could rub the inside with bees' wax, which will also encourage a colony to set up home. Also, rubbing or spaying around the entrance with essential oil of lemongrass, which seems to be fairly well matched to a bee pheromone and will also encourage bees to set up home.

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If you could spare cedar I'd prefer that really. Could I send you a list of what I need and see if it's doable?

 

Do that. I'll see what we can do. We're cutting cedar again next week. Otherwise, if your hive works with timber that is less than 125mm wide, I've got tonnes (literally) of reject boards at 150mm that can be edged down to 125mm or less.

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Do that. I'll see what we can do. We're cutting cedar again next week. Otherwise, if your hive works with timber that is less than 125mm wide, I've got tonnes (literally) of reject boards at 150mm that can be edged down to 125mm or less.

 

Have you an email address I could send it too?

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