History Main / HiveQueen

* ''Literature/TheSwordOfTruth'' shows a mriswith (a race of LizardFolk with ChameleonCamouflage) HiveQueen, a sentient, dragon sized creature communicating through {{Pheromones}}. It is mentioned by one of the mriswith that the previous queen had just died and was eaten by them. She is later shown to lay hundreds of melon sized eggs within hours.

* In ''WesternAnimation/HowToTrainYourDragon'', the Red Death, a dragon that's probably bigger than all the other dragons put together, controls all the other dragons and possibly has hypnotic powers over them (or possibly just keeps them in line with terror); Astrid actually uses a bee analogy to describe it, saying that the dragons are worker bees and the Red Death is their queen (although it's strictly a metaphor since WordOfGod says that the Red Death is male). Of course, how she actually ''knows'' about bees when it snows nine months out of the year and hails the other three is another question.

* ''Film/Ben10AlienSwarm'' features the Hive, a race of alien [[NanoMachine nanite]] with their leader being exactly one of these. [[CanonImmigrant They've since appeared]] in ''WesternAnimation/Ben10UltimateAlien''.
* ''Film/EdgeOfTomorrow'' the goal is to destroy the brain behind an the alien invasion.

* ''VideoGame/WorldOfWarcraft'' sports the Scourge, an army of undead rendered mindless or enthralled (depends on the type) by the Lich King. Notably, one of the player factions is the Forsaken, who are sapient undead who have broken free of the HiveMind. The Forsaken have a queen, Sylvanas -- but she's not a HiveQueen, merely a leader in the more traditional sense of the word.

** The trolls are ruled by an Empress, which is partly this, and partly an actual traditional ruler. Although she's an ordinary creature who rules as a position rather than through mind control, the Empress is also a unique biological caste that's only born once in a very long time, and are the most physically and [[PsychicPowers mentally]] powerful Troll. She does seem to have hive-like control over the Imperial Drones, but those (at least the red ones) are actually robots.

* [[spoiler:Brainiac-5]] becomes this for his race in ''[[WesternAnimation/LegionOfSuperHeroes Legion of Super-Heroes]]''.

** A gigantic brain-like entity called the Overmind functions as the collective conscience of the Zerg Swarm. There are also lesser control nodes called Cerebrates, which have their own personalities and opinions, but are absolutely incapable of defying an order from the Overmind. The Overmind and the Cerebrates all have a physical form, but they can re-incarnate into new bodies when they "die". Some Protoss are able to use a special energy that can block this reincarnation and [[DeaderThanDead finish them for good]]. It is, of course, one the main plot points in the game and its expansion. Down the chain, the Cerebrates control the Overlords, who themselves provide "control" (as opposed to Terrans' supplies and Protoss' psi) to a specific hive cluster over a given area (in addition to acting as handy air transport for Zerg ground units). Ironically, while the Zerg also have creatures called "Queens," the Zerg Queens have nothing to do with ''control'' of the HiveMind and are merely another assimilated species. The Zerg Queen is, however, slightly closer to real insects in function; its job involves watching over the hive cluster and spawning various parasites.

* The mutant/zombie leader in ''Manga/ApocalypseNoToride'' who is controlling the other zombies within his radius.

* ''Franchise/StarCraft''

** And then there's Sarah Kerrigan, who assumes Queen status and title in the expansion pack after the demise of the Overmind. She also changes the theme of the Zerg race somewhat: brutal and monstrous as they were while under the Overmind, the original objective of the Swarm was to [[YouWillBeAssimilated assimilate all organic life into itself]] and thus [[PhysicalGod become perfect]], an objective that was carried out without prejudice or malice. Kerrigan, on the other hand side, is actually Evil with a capital E, scheming, betraying and engaging in quite a bit of sadism along the way, actively using the power of the Swarm to get revenge against those who have wronged her, and put her in a position of power over the local portion of the galaxy. Also, the expansion demonstrates how the killing of the Overmind is a great blow against the Zerg, but by no means impossible to recover from, as it is discovered that Cerebrates can physically merge together to form a new Overmind.

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