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g-----m · 1 year

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First comic time (inspired by a post by catofthesoupbowl). Experimented a bit with how to draw stuff, too.

#hollow knight #hornet #hk hornet #hk vespa #hk hive #hive queen vespa

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faebug-underscore · 1 year

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I need to stop thinking about the game with the sword wielding magic bugs in terms of real life biology. It is slowly breaking my brain

So for context, this quarter I’m taking a class on honey bee (Apis mellifera) biology & ecology. Which prompted. So many thoughts.

(I’m also gonna talk about non-bees in this later but a lot of it is bees). Without further ado:

an Entomology student rambles about Hollow Knight’s Biology. Some spoilers ahead.

Now, about 10 minutes ago I got out of a lecture specifically focusing on the waggle dance. To summarize, when a foraging bee finds a particularly good food source, she’ll return to the hive and perform the waggle dance. The dance is a figure 8 movement, with the “waggle run” down the center—which communicates the angle and distance of the food source’s location. Here’s a gif for reference:

Keep in mind, bee hives are built vertically. So how do they communicate the angle of the food source?

They use the sun, or at the very least a patch of sky (and the angle they communicate is directly proportional to the sun’s current position!)

Now, if we take a look at Hollow Knight’s map…

The hive is in the BOTTOM CORNER of a map that’s already underground.

My professor did mention that in the absence of sunlight, the bees can use landmarks to navigate, but even still, in my opinion it would’ve made more sense for the bees to have built their hive towards an area like the Howling Cliffs, as it’s near the top of the map, and more importantly, the closest area to Greenpath and the Queen’s Gardens—the 2 locations in the game that actually have flowers.

Now, the reason for this might be that the Hive’s queen is literally a WASP.

Which are NOT honey bees. Plus real life hives have guard bees that can sense differences in pheromones, so I’m not even sure how she got IN there let alone become their queen; it also doesn’t make sense that there’s as many bees as there are, considering the queen is a hive’s only reproductive female, and again: a wasp. Cannot. Lay honey bee eggs. Physiologically. (I say this fully aware of the canon fact that a worm and a tree had millions of children, who have a third parent that is literally sentient darkness. And that said worm also had a kid with a spider.)

The aforementioned guard bees are a group of worker bees as well, and all worker bees are female. Male bees, or drones, essentially exist to fond a new hive, mate with a new queen, and die. Hive Knight is trans!!

Anyways though, it’s not like they could do the waggle dance even if the wanted to, because

They are almost completely round

There is no abdomen to waggle

And they probably wouldn’t need to anyways! Because the bugs in this game can speak! And there are voice lines! THEY HAVE VOCAL CHORDS! Which real life bugs simply do not have.

That’s not to say that bugs don’t make noises, because they do! Crickets have little tines on their wings that they rub together quickly, making a chirping noise to attract mates; Hissing cockroaches can rapidly force the air out of their spiracles (entrances/exits to their tracheal respiratory system) to deter predators. I personally don’t know much on how cicadas make their sounds, but they make them! And not with vocal chords! Insect mouths are built for feeding; speaking? Not so much.

We also have eusocial mantises (well, pretty much ALL bugs in this game are eusocial, but mantises are known for being incredibly solitary and WILL kill each other if given the opportunity. Including in mating. After mating the female eats the male, and sometimes eats his head BEFORE mating. Also, based on their designs, all 4 mantis lords are trans!)

Lastly, it’s never explicitly confirmed what species Quirrel is, but he’s frequently portrayed as an isopod in the fandom.

GUYS. QUIRREL IS BLUE.

In nature, there is only one instance in which blue pillbugs exist: Isopod Iridovirus.

The last 2 times we see Quirrel, after giving up Monomon’s mask, he mentions “feeling his age”, and generally seems a lot weaker and more tired. Isopod Iridovirus is fatal, killing the affected individual within a few weeks. So he probably would’ve been gone soon anyways, as upsetting as the implications of Blue Lake are.

Anyways, that’s all I got for now. Bug biology is incredibly fascinating, and considering Hollow Knight is one of my favorite games figured I’d share some thoughts :)

#entomology #hollow knight #bug biology #hk hive #hk vespa #mantis lords #hk quirrel

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dragonfiremagic · 4 months

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Hive within the Hive's Hive Knight apparently lol

Also yes the comic's based on this https://www.youtube.com/shorts/MIAYnWxj0hA

#hollow knight #hollow knight fanart #hollow knight art #hk art #hk fanart #hive knight #hollow knight hive #hk hive knight #hk hive #art #digital art #fanart #comic #comic page #my art

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pan-perkozeq · 1 year

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"Amongst all of the worthy one, you spared me..."

I like Hive presence in the game. Sad thing we know so little about it...

Another concept for my AU - male bees usually have to fight to death as a part of ceremony to crown a new queen so the last one alive becomes the Hive Knight

I added Vespa wings cause why not, plus the bee without wings - especially the monarch - feels like a... Idk... Boiled water without tea?

You got the point

(Based from my family experience. My parents a few hives by themselves so they obviously share their knowledge with the rest of the family)

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crispychipsy · 2 years

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Hold bees gentle,,, like hamborger,,

#hk hive knight #hive knight #hk hive #hk bee #bee #bees #hollow knight #the hollow knight #i just want to hold him gentle like a borger

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courtjesterrr · 17 days

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why do i feel like the hive would jam out to "Son of a Bee" (the song)

#Hk headcanon #Hk hive #Im a gyrating pollenatin son of a bee #Im an essential worker ecologically #If you see me and my homies please just ket us bee #We need to collect nectar we need to make honeyy

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linterteatime · 2 months

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My piece for @hkhallowzine ! My old computer really wanted to perish while making this but I didn't allow it ❤️

#hollow knight #hallowzine #the knight #ghost #hk #the hive #fanart #my art #That old computer has been replaced somewhat recently btw #I had saved up some money last year because my old one was starting to be slow at literally everything #now it's so slow it's unusable #anyways #this zine was fun! I don't draw detailed-ish backgrounds very often so it was cool to make one for something like this #artists on tumblr

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beigerabbit21 · 8 months

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some Bug Fables drawings that i drew once.

#bug fables #leif #leif bug fables #vi #vi bug fables #kabbu #kabbu bug fables #chompy #chompy bug fables #and hive knight from hk 'cause why not

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hornet-mylove · 1 year

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#hk hornet #hiveling #hive soldier #hollow knight #hollow knight fanart #my art

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tbdragoonfly · 5 months

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#art #animation #hollow knight #hk bee #bee #hk the hive

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alaskaartz · 18 days

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VESPA!!!!

WL and Vespa are found sisters so Hollow, Hornet, and Ghost call Vespa, Aunty Vespa, and Uncle Hive, and Sunny will call WL, Aunty WL and Uncle PK when she's old enough, right now she's 2 so :3

#art #illustration #alaskaartz #hollow knight #hollow knight au #au #hk au #hk #hk vespa #hk hive knight #hollow knight vespa #hollow knight hive knight

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g-----m · 9 months

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