Category talk:Hive Species

Rename/clarify
When talking about a hive the idea comes to mind of a close-nit society. However what about species that still have societal structure based on their biology but lack the cohesion of a hive, in other words, something between a non-hive and a hive species. Although I guess not all hive species have different castes but that is usually a thing they have. - The Light6 (talk) 16:36, May 19, 2013 (UTC)


 * Borrowing from animal behavior terms, Hive Species are the same as "eusocial" species, which have castes and queens and stuff. Other social species like us humans are what is known as "presocial", in which the species may live in groups and cooperate to raise the young but there is no biological division of labor. I'm pretty sure there is an intermediate stage called "subsocial" but I don't remember what it means (perhaps it refers to species which have a division of labor but in which workers can still reproduce?). If you could perhaps give some examples, from real life or fiction, we would have a better understanding of what you're describing : ) -- BlueFrackle (talk) 17:31, May 19, 2013 (UTC)


 * Well I can't think of any real life examples, but I can think of the trolls from Homestuck, they have a caste based society where there different castes which have different abilities and roles (and a queen who is a rare caste with the longest lifespan), but even with the castes, the overall society resembles human culture with all trolls being able to breed, have their own interpersonal relationships and conflicts and outright civil war amongst the castes. - The Light6 (talk) 01:56, May 20, 2013 (UTC)

Should there be a seperate category for aliens that only live in a hive but share a "Hive Mind"?King Kravoka (talk) 04:14, November 1, 2015 (UTC)


 * Well, for species with a "Hive Mind", we usually put them on Category:Superorganisms. -- BlueFrackle (talk) 03:01, November 2, 2015 (UTC)