Insect-O-Fact #7

Insect Queens: Insect colonies are typically led by a queen. Their social organization is oft' referred to as 'eusociality', and is definitive of a few features.

1. Reproductive division of labour
2. Overlapping generations
3. Cooperative care of young

Organization under a queen makes sense when you consider that she is literally giving birth to the whole colony! It has been believed for many years that ants were bred for specific task, scientists have recently discovered that this is not the case. The individual ants are sophisticated enough to carry out a number of roles.

When I originally designed the Hive Embassy, it was to be ruled by an, Emperor Kor En Tul. Since revisiting the series, this character has become Empress Kor En Tul.