[log in to unmask] writes: ... If the cleats are flush with the top edge of the box, the box above can be
safely tilted up for a quick inspection without having to slide it inward on the box below.<
A similar mod is if one only uses one side of a bottom bottom, turn the other side into a cover. I know a commercial beekeeper with thousands of hives who added the cleats to the top front and back of hive for ease in lifting and tipping, then made combo top/bottoms so he never came up short while at distant yards.
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