'Wasp Hive' is the oldest of the nine Hives of Pantala, located on the
shore of Dragonfly Bay and is connected by silk bridges to Jewel Hive
and Yellowjacket Hive. It was formerly ruled by Wasp|Ex-Queen Wasp until the events of The Flames of Hope, in which Jewel (THQ)|Lady Jewel became
queen of the HiveWings.

## Description

Wasp Hive is the grandest and wealthiest Hive. It is decorated by
numerous weavings of Wasp in a more heavy, ornate way than the other
Hives. The Hive has carvings of cruel-eyed wasps by the entrances and an
enormous marble statue of Wasp. It is also surrounded by greenhouses,
with at least one containing the breath of evil. It is noted to be the
largest of the nine hives and has structures made of solid wood.

## Notable features

### Temple of Clearsight

The Temple of Clearsight is the greatest and most famed structure in all
of the Hives. It was formerly located elsewhere in Pantala but was
damaged. It was then moved by the Hivewings to Wasp Hive and restored
with sixty types of wood. The Temple walls are built of dark oak flecked
with quartz to resemble Clearsight's wings, with the roof swept into
dragon-tail points at the corners, and a central dome covered in
scale-like golden wood tiles. The temple is surrounded by multiple pools
of koi and nooks lined with bookshelves. It consists of many different
rooms. A long carpet of dark blue silk leads to the main door. The rug
is woven with golden dragonflies and green lizards in a subtle pattern.
In the middle of the temple is the library, guarded by The Librarian.
The library is filled with many ancient texts, including the Book of
Clearsight.

### Flamesilk factory

The flamesilk factory is a secret underground factory, unknown to the
rest of the Hives. Once a flamesilk is discovered, they are taken to the
factory, where they are forced to produce flamesilk into large
cauldrons. The flamesilk is then shipped to the rest of the Hives, used
for lighting, technology, glass, and more. The SilkWings were previously
chained in the factory, but these were removed after "four years" of
letters from Admiral.

At any given time, at least three of the ten flamesilk SilkWings will be
producing flamesilk, even in the middle of the night. They will stand
and raise their wrists above a massive cauldron, and their flamesilk
will land in the cauldron. After a certain period, the shifts will
switch. Regular SilkWings have jobs such as moving cauldrons, chopping
food, or cleaning.

The flamesilk factory is currently being used as a prison for Wasp and
all the other hive rulers except for Jewel.

### The greenhouses

Queen Wasp owns greenhouses near her Hive and grows various plants
there, including the breath of evil. Sundew and her parents, Belladonna
and Hemlock, hid out in this greenhouse before meeting Blue, Cricket,
and Swordtail for the first time. Later, the four returned to the
greenhouse after discovering the secrets of its plant and burnt it down
while everybody was distracted in the chaos of the Bloodworm Hive
burning.

### Throne room

The Wasp Hive throne room is on the highest level of the Hive. The
throne is made out of pure obsidian and windows allow sunlight to filter
in.

### Wasp Hive University

Wasp Hive University is the university of the Hive. Only the brightest
and strongest students were admitted and many of the students went on to
serve in Wasp's elite guard. The Librarian of the Temple of Clearsight
is also selected from their ranks.

## History

### The Lost Continent Prophecy

#### The Lost Continent

Wasp Hive appeared when Blue, Cricket, and Swordtail encountered Sundew
and her parents in Wasp's greenhouse. The trio — alongside Sundew — then
sneaked into the Temple of Clearsight to steal the Book of Clearsight.
Blue eventually got captured and is taken to the flamesilk factory,
where he met his father, Admiral, and reunited with Luna. Blue and his
sister successfully escaped the factory thanks to his new friends.

#### The Hive Queen

Upon examining the substance Bumblebee hatched with, Cricket and her
friends realized that its smell was familiar — they remembered it from
Wasp's greenhouse. They discovered that Wasp used the plant to
mind-control HiveWings, and the four later arrived at Wasp Hive to burn
the greenhouse down.

#### The Flames of Hope

The Wasp Hive throne room was seen in the othermind's "mindspace" when
it communicated with Luna. At the end of the novel, it was mentioned
that Wasp and her sisters are imprisoned in the flamesilk caverns.

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### Field Guides

#### A Guide to the Dragon World

In the SilkWing chapter, Monarch mentioned Wasp Hive in
her writing about the Tree Wars.

In the HiveWing chapter, the Hive was featured in literature#Named
books|An Official Guide to the Hives.

## Trivia

  - It is the oldest Hive, mentioned having been built before the Tree
    Wars.
  - Blue thinks that the Hive is full of power and soldiers and secrets.
  - Swordtail mentions that Wasp Hive is not the best place to find the
    Chrysalis due to being the most guarded and dangerous Hive, and that
    they might not even have Chrysalis members there; however, it was
    shown that the Hive did have at least some Chrysalis members.
  - Some fruit trees were allowed in Wasp Hive's greenhouses, but only
    with special permission.