A Foul Odor and even Worse Feeling

I went to see and pick up this hive that I've been ranting about for the past few days. I had to rent a moving truck just so I could bring it the was back to its new location. After a ride there which only increased my anticipation I opened the door, grabbed a flashlight and headed to the area of the property the owner said the hive was at. Just fifty feet from the truck I could tell something was wrong. The air had a smell resembling rotting fruit; a pungent odor. I walked up to the hive, noticed no bees were at the enterence and knocked on the side to see if any were home. The smell had gotten stronger. I placed my ear on the side of the hive and thumped some more; not a buzz could be heared. Then I shined my flashlight at the enterence and saw something that made me lose hope in getting this hive; SHB larvae. These little worms cover everything in slime and cause the honey to ooze out of its cell. Everything begins to rot when they're around. I grabbed my hive tool and tried to pry a box apart. I looked up and noticed that there was a large chunk of granite on top. I lifted it off and found that the top super was covered in fire ants. I then cracked the propolis between the box and the one below it and was met with an odor so foul it could make a sewer rat puke. Discouraged I called the owner and said,"When last did you check on you're hive?"
"Oh about a month ago."
"Well...they're dead..."
Just to show you what the hive looked like I took a few photos of the hive and the enterence. On the enterence photos you can see the pool of slime just oozing off the bottom board.

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