Lost the Colony

So I guess we didn't have beginners luck on this one. We just went out to our hive and found that the whole thing is basically gone. No brood, no signs of a queen. Lots and lots of wax moth larvae. There are a few bees but we suspect they are only robbers or the remnants of the hive coming back to salvage as much as possible. There is maybe two tablespoons of honey left. 3 weeks ago there were full frames of honey. It is definitely a blow to us. Right now just trying to learn from the mistakes we made and salvage as much equipment as we can for next year.

The chickens seem to be experts on digging out the wax moth larvae from the wax. I'm feeling vindictive and let them just gobble them up.