The species of wood used to make a beehive can vary depending upon what is available in your area. The minimum thickness should not be less than 3/4". If you are using standard dimensional lumber, you can use 1x8 (3/4" x 7-1/4") for both shallow and medium super, and 1x12 (3/4" x 11-1/4") for the deep hive body.
Box joints ought to get more praise than they do. Once this joint is cut (if it's cut well) it takes only a little glue to make an extremely strong joint. That makes it particularly nice for beehive boxes. Box joints are extremely flexible as far as size (or scale) is concerned. They can easily be cut to "look right" on 4/4 stock, or reduced down to a scale that's appropriate for stock as thin ...
There was a similar-sized mini hive I saw many years ago called something like the Urban Beehive. I think it was the volume of 1/4 of a 5 frame nuc or something like that.
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