Answer:
With a halo of water and a tongue of wood; stone as skin long I stood.
My second is performed by my first. A thief by the marks of my whole might be caught. What am I?
I can be written, I can be spoken, I can be exposed, I can be broken. What am I?
I am heavy forward, but backward I'm not. What am I?
An open ended barrel I am shaped like a hive. I am filled with the flesh and the flesh is alive.
Though not a plant, has leaves. Though not a beast, has spine. Though many wouldn't need this thing, It's more valuable than wine.