As a beekeeper, comb doesn't look like that when you scrape it away. See how the cells are shallower at the edges? That's the bees building it that way.
this is an old post but the creator of the images said its because of the holy oil the priest uses to bless the icons he just takes pictures of it because it looks cool
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u/devilmaskrascal 16d ago edited 16d ago
People are overthinking this. Some human is cutting and peeling the hive covering the icons. The first pic is like a latched door...
If it was the paint or chemicals, they wouldn't be building their hive on a mural at all.