I have a bunch of lovely, old wooden inner covers, made from thin
wooden boards.  Unfortunately, some of my bees glue these covers so well to
the top hive body (and its frames)  that I end up peeling them off the hive
instead of lifting them off.
       My homemade, thin plywood inner covers delaminate on the edges when I
take them off the colony.
       Does anyone have a trick for keeping inner covers from being damaged.
I do try to clear the propolis with a hive tool before I do any lifting.
Tim
Tim Sterrett
Westtown, (Southeastern) Pennsylvania, USA
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