Matriarchal hive species

Some sort of insect-like model of sex/gender, often including two or more of the following elements:

• a matriarchy or female leadership;
• disempowered or non-existent males;
• clones or parthenogenetically produced class;
• female or neuter class of workers or warriors.

Often used to describe the fear of Communism or socialism and/or feminism.

List of examples

• hive-like matriarchies a la Frank Herbert's Hellstrom's Hive
• hive queen etc. in Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
• the planetary consciousness in Daughters of an Emerald Dusk by Katherine Forrest
• Poul Anderson's Virgin Planet
• Elfen Lied - The Diclonii can infect humans with a virus that leads to human offspring actually being female Diclonii drones. The Diclonius queen can reproduce sexually.

• Borg Queen in Star Trek: The Next Generation - A bit different than the classical matriarchal hive species. However, the Borg were very much about fear of Communism/socialism / loss of individualism; they had a hive mind; they were ruled by a "queen"; their members were "drones".

See also

• Sentient Planets
• beepeople at tvtropes wiki