Nope, liquids oozed out of dead brood. I don't think that is what it is. Usually, if there is the dead brood, the bees take them out of the hives before the brood would ooze out stuff, just thinking out loud too. So.....let's figure it out, or let it go, I don't think that it is anything to worry about, just some oddity of the hive, surely. It is certainly a curious thing though, eh? Have a wonderful, beautiful day, love our life we're livin'. Cindi