> Only one major problem exsists, if I price
> the lumber needed to build one super, at our local lumber yard, it'll
> cost me more in lumber to cut my own than it "wood" to out rite buy a
> new unassembled factory cut super.
> Question: Any leads out there to suitable rough bee box lumber?
>
>John Wiebe

If you have any local saw mills, check them out.  Most don't kiln dry, so
you'd have to stack it and dry it ahead of time, but it's *very* cheap
compared to lumber store prices.  You can go a step further, and ask for
rejects.

I've a local sawmill a few miles away that sells "red rot" lumber for $
.30/bdft - cheap compared to the $1.20 - $1.75/bdft most stores charge
today.  It's perfectly fine for hives, with a little culling: all white
pine, and I can get it in wide widths.  It's not planed, but bandsawn, so
it's not overly rough.  Chances are good that there is a mill near you.

Regards,

Todd.

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