Andrew,
Pray tell me WHY you want a shallow side and a deep side?

Reversing inner covers to different depths is as archaic as Women's bustles.

There are still those people that use the shallow side down, and their bees
swarm
for lack of space.  People that use the deep side down do NOT get any burr
comb
on frame tops UNLESS the bees are crowded for space.

I have used the deep side down for over 40 years, but always over 4-5 supers
when
I expect to get maybe 3 full supers of HONEY.  You HAVE to leave room for the
bees
to store lots of THIN WATERY nectar until they have time to evaporate perhaps
60% of the water and ripen that thin nectar into thick honey.

However, the MOST IMPORTANT asset of a GOBLE inner cover is its use in the
WINTER time.  That upper entrance hole allows the warm exhaled MOIST breath of
the clustered bees to ESCAPE the hive rather than cool and condense into
droplets
of water on the cold inner cover and "rain down" on the warm bee cluster.

PROPER hive ventilation is so important in cold weather.  Bees are NOT LIKE we
humans who desire a temperature of 72°-75° the year around.  COLD does NOT
kill bees, but DAMPNESS enhances bee diseases that DO kill bees..

I hope I have helped.

George Imirie

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