The hive sounds like it maybe with the small hive beetle. Honey dripping on the ground from the hive. They are fast and hard to find. Dark areas hiding and the size of a small lady bug. Larvae's look like wax worms. I monitor and gather feudal hives outside the trees in Central Florida. They will be lost when put into hive boxes; mites, beetles, and weakened to lost. Open hive bottom and treat. Michael Housel Feudal hive research for no chemical use.