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Interesting picture. If you look closely, you can see that most of the wax comb is empty. The bees have made it but have not filled it with either honey or pollen and there do not appear to be any visible cells containing larvae.
A few years ago, here in north Texas, I had a swarm of honey bees take up residence inside a large birdhouse (an owl box) hanging in a tree. Late in the season, after they had apparently filled up the box, the workers built four or five sections of wax comb on the outside of the box (just like the combs in the photo). Winter came before the bees filled any of this comb. I subsequently had a local beekeeper remove the owl box for me and I kept the four or five sections of empty wax comb, each about the size of a dinner plate. I still have them and they've come in handy to show kids and teach them a little about honey bees.
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