Scene of the crime

I am not sure when this happened but some varmit ate one of my bee hives.

Here are the photos.
http://picasaweb.google.com/curtis.hensley/SceneOfTheCrime#

I measured the comb a bit for future reference.

What a mess. That was just the first year for this topbar hive. Amazing just how much work they put into this hive only to have it destroyed by some critter.