Here is a removal that I completed today.
Note the name of the store that the hive built their hive over. Ironic.
The hive is under that metal cap, right next to the pipes. The pipes were actually pinning the cap down. We did not know it but the front of the cap was folded under a metal strip that was nailed to the front of the cornice. It made it very difficult to remove the cap.
After we removed the cap, here is what we found. A rubber seal with plywood under it. We were expecting fiberglass over styrofoam, plywood was much easier.
Sorry, photos got messed up and even after several attempts, I could not fix it.
Continued
Jim