> When I brought it in, the outer cover was full
> of wax chips and dust, and 8 of the 10 frames
> had had all the honey comb areas eaten away,
> and all the former brood-comb remained...
Here in the midwest, racoons sometimes eat honeycomb right out of a
discarded frame at night. Bees finish off what is left by day leaving
wax cuttings. The end result appears much as you described.
Wade
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