I have an observation hive and one time I put honey frames back in it with the comb up against the glass on the back side. I did not see it until it was back in the house, all put together. The bees started right away, cutting the wax through the side, moving the honey and continued cutting until they had access to all of the honey. It took about 3 days. When they were done, it looked like a laser cut it. They never did recap it and later moved all of the honey. The worst part was during those 3 days, the beetles walked around the hive like they owned it and laid eggs every where. The bees were to busy with repairs and did not pay any attention to them. Then the bees were removing hundreds of SHB larvae and dropping them in the clean out tray under the screen. It took a week to get things restored to normal.
Jim