Hellstrom's Hive

Hellstrom's Hive is a novel by Frank Herbert. It's basically about Dr. Nils Hellstrom, a scientist, who created an underground society based on insect-hive principles. A government agency fears that Dr. Hellstrom is creating experimental weaponry, so they infiltrate his farm... and discover the Hive.

This novel was first published serially, from 1972 to 1973, in Galaxy. It was first published as a collected novel in 1973.