Hive England

Hive Zones

## History

The New Year Pageant depicts the building of Hive England starting with Burgundy zone. When Burgundy was finished, Red zone was built and the citizens of one of the proto Hives moved in. Next came Orange zone and another proto hive.

All the while the mega hive was being built and the people from the other hives came to it, they were being attacked by other hives and perhaps people not yet living in a hive.

When Hive Cornwall had to make an emergency evacuation, Violet zone wasn't yet ready to be populated. So they hid out on the coast of Cornwall where the Sea Farm is located. With the increasing danger in the outside they hid out at the sea farm or started the sea farm and when Violet zone was finished they still couldn't make it to the hive because of all of the danger. But than Joint Hive Treaty was signed and most of the danger went away, so the people destined for Violet Zone was able to complete their journey. But probably some of the citizens staid to found the Sea Farm.

Hive Futura was built during a period of prosperity when the population grew beyond its limits. Hive England choose to build a second Hive within their territory instead of expanding. But when diseases swept through the hives and global populations dropped, they reabsorbed the citizens of Hive Futura.

After severe global pandemics, strict quarantine measures between the hives were enacted. A global trading center was built near one of the hives territory, that kept all parties isolated in "clean" rooms and decontamination procedures for anyone and everything brought to the hive.

## Population

There are 100 million people living in the hive with 10 million in each zone.

The higher in the hive, the more spacious the accommodations are. The top 10 levels are the most luxurious. Level 50 is teen level, and by far the most crowded level of the hive. Each teen only has one small room with a private shower and a basic food unit.

Below level 50, the accommodations are smaller apartments and there are many urban myths about living very low in the hive. The reality is that the hive limits the amount of luxury differences so that it wont breed discontent among the population. Even on the lowest levels, living conditions, medical services, food, parks etc. are all fairly decent. The main difference is the absence of luxury items like melon juice, less space per family, and simpler clothes.

## Physical Structure

The hive runs North to South with Burgundy zone the Northern most point and Purple zone the Southern most point. Each zone is square with bulkhead doors connecting them. The bulkhead or blast doors can be closed in an emergency and are "tested" every three months with them closing across the hive for about an hour for Operation Rainbow Cascade.

The Hive consists of 100 accommodation levels below 50 industrial levels, as well as Level Zero (Inter level), a minimum of double-height level between the accommodation and industrial parts of the Hive, which includes various infrastructure and equipment.

Accommodation areas typically include apartments, community centers, shopping areas, and parks. Teen Level also includes common laundry areas. Each level has a sports stadium and performance arena, which is located near the center of the level. The Hive also has one beach per level, all of which are located in either Green or Turquoise Zones to limit travel time from other zones. All of the Beeches maintenance and mechanical areas have interlocking hallways to other Beeches and share some of the same equipment such as the wave generators.

Infrastructure, including water and waste reclamation, is located throughout the industrial zone and/or on Level Zero or Level 100. At the very top of each zone there is an airplane hanger.

Even though there are 100 accommodation levels, no one lives below level 96.

### Moving around the Hive

Horizontal passenger transportation is provided via a moving belt system, which includes slow, medium, and fast belts. Less-traveled routes may be served by only slow belts.

Vertical transportation is provided via upways (similar to escalators) in the accommodation levels, and lifts (elevators) that serve both the accommodation and industrial levels. All lifts appear to provide access to all 150 levels of the Hive. Exterior airplane hangars are located at the top of each Zone, and provide access for aircraft.

### Water Reclamation

With a population of 100 million people, the hive has a massive Water reclamation infrastructure, with most of the water tanks on the industrial levels of all zones as well as level 100. As part of the infrastructure there are a lot of disused or empty water tanks as a way to deal with deliberate or accidental poisoning of the water supply.

The water tanks have electrical equipment inside of them to test for water quality testing but any unused water tank, the equipment is shut down.

### Power Resources & Service

Each Zone is provided with a power nexus to generate power independent of the other zones. The power complex is located at the top of the hive in each zone, near the aircraft hanger to make it easier to move the heavy fuel rods into the appropriate place. The fuel rods are flown to the Geothermal Energy Hub for recharging and the recharged fuel rods are flown to the main hive every three-months. In every zone, from the aircraft hanger the floor is marked with a green line which is always the fastest route to get to the power complex.

They utilize geothermal heat pumps that are housed in what is referred to as "spikes" dotted around the hive in the outside area. A spike is a hugely towering cylinder that provide heat and power to supplement the Hive’s recycled resources. The geothermal power is sent to the "Geothermal Energy Hub" for processing.

The power nexus for each zone is roughly cylindrical with the top located on Industrial level 1 and the base on industrial level 10. The nexus is surrounded by circular galleries with work stations on each level. The power control center is above level 1, jutting out at the top of the hive.

During the three-monthly change of the fuel rod there are more people on duty in the power complex as each station has to be manned with a minimum of fifteen people per level, with all three shifts on duty at the same time, plus reserve staff.

The entire power complex is surrounded by reinforced walls, except the ceiling. If the nexus power buffering system was to ever reach critical overload, the blast doors would close and in theory the blast would be contained and vented out through the top of the hive, blowing a hole in the top of the hive instead of blasting through the accommodation levels. The system has never been tested.

### Air Supply

Hive Air is the department responsible for ensuring quality air supply in the hive and monitoring the equipment.

During the Blue Zone Power Cut when all power was lost for several days in the entire Blue Zone, fresh air was pumped into the local parks designated as "Oasis" sites, from the neighboring zones.

Air is recycled and purified with some fresh air from the outside added into the mix and probably at least some of the carbon monoxide pumped out(?).

## Outside Area

Going outside of the hive is discouraged from early schooling on. Stories are told about the Hunter of Souls that lives in the darkness outside.

The top of the Hive is an elevated plateau, referred to by the Rambler's Association as the "table top," and is covered by forests and country parks maintained by the Hive.

In the area outside Hive England are the Sea Farm and the Hive Defense main installation, geothermal energy spikes, and trading posts. Trails in Hive England's territory are maintained by the Rambler's Association.

## Early Education

Children in Hive England only go to formal school until age 13. At age 12 they start learning what they will need to know before they move to Teen Level 50.

During the early years they learn all of the duty songs as well as basic information such as reading, writing and math. They do not learn anything at all such as history, astronomy, geography or anything at all that would inform them that there was a world beyond the Hive or a time before the Hive was created.

## Criminals

If it is at all possible criminals are salvaged via several techniques. Most of them are reset to a prior time to the trigger that caused their criminal activities.

But the criminals that are nonredeemable and had no triggering event that sent them over the edge are securely confined. They are first chipped with an explosive device implanted in their brains. If necessary this device can be remotely triggered. They then must come up with a way to make themselves useful to the hive in a way that will earn them the privilege to keep on living.

## Industry

Hive England is one of the foremost experts on recycling.

## See also

* Hive England's Physical Structure
* Council of Gaia
* Hive England's Freight System
* Teen Level 50
* Beach (Hive England)
* Parks (Hive England)
* Operation Rainbow Cascade
* Education (Hive England)
* Blue Zone Power Cut

## References

### Citations

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Edwards, Janet. Adversary (Hive Mind Book 5) (p. 250). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
2. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Adversary (Hive Mind Book 5) (p. 254). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
3. ↑ Janet Edwards says: November 28, 2023 at 9:31 am
4. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Adversary (Hive Mind Book 5) (p. 373). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
5. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Adversary (Hive Mind Book 5) (p. 110). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
6. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Defender (Hive Mind Book 2) (p. 297). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
7. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Telepath (Hive Mind Book 1) (p. 314). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
8. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Defender (Hive Mind Book 2) (p. 299). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
9. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Adversary (Hive Mind Book 5) (p. 64). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
10. ↑ Edwards, Janet. Hurricane (Hive Mind Book 3) (p. 379). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition.
11. ↑ Per Author Janet Edwards: (Source: https://janetedwards.com/books/hurricane/) in her Q&A in the comments section posted June 10, 2019 at 11:14 am.

### Bibliography

* https://janetedwards.com
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* Edwards, Janet. *Telepath (Hive Mind 1)* (2016). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition
* Edwards, Janet. *Defender (Hive Mind 2)* (2017). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition
* Edwards, Janet. *Hurricane (Hive Mind 3)* (2018). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition
* Edwards, Janet. *Borderline (Hive Mind 4)* (2019). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition
* Edwards, Janet. *Adversary (Hive Mind 5)* (2023). Wallam-Crane Press. Kindle Edition