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Quote1 Did she create H.I.V.E.? Or did H.I.V.E. create her? It doesn't matter now. They call her their Queen. As she bathes in the techno-plasmic waste of every thought--every desire and every disappointment--of every citizen of Metropolis... she luxuriates in the knowledge she will soon release the entire world from the bondage of individual freedoms. Quote2
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The H.I.V.E. Queen or Queen Bee is the leader of the H.I.V.E. and an agent of Brainiac.

Origins

The Queen is one of the Twenty, abducted by Brainiac after the shrinking of the city. She was mutated into a powerful telepath devoted to Brainiac - to the point that she claims to be his daughter. When Brainiac retreated, he left the Twenty behind and expected them to die. Most survived, and the Queen made it her purpose to prepare the Earth for his return.[2] To the outside world, the Holistic Integration for Viral Equality was a social media company striving to bring the world together in unity, but secretly, they kidnapped people with psychic powers, hoping to use them to pave the way for Brainiac's invasion.

The New 52

Psi War

H.I.V.E. Queen eventually imprisoned Psycho-Pirate and several other psychics. She harvested the psionic energy from her victims to power H.I.V.E.'s operation to mentally enslave the human race in preparation for Brainiac's return to Earth, but the Pirate eventually managed to escape and easily bested the Queen and Hector Hammond, who were waging war against Superman and each other for control of Metropolis. When Psycho-Pirate was driving the citizen mad, he was ultimately thwarted by the combined powers of the Queen, Hammond, and a psionically-endowed Lois Lane. The Queen was seemingly killed in the battle,[3] but later returned with new plots involving mind control.[4] During her assumed death, a new Queen took over H.I.V.E.[5]

Confronting Teen Titans

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Queen Bee against the Titans in New Orleans

Queen Bee eventually takes control of New Orleans and mind-controlled citizen to build an satellite, that was actually psionic amplifiers that allow her to take over every mind across the United States of America, but the Teen Titans were in the city and manage to resist her mental influence. Red Robin later assault her base, defeating her and freeing the entiry city from her control.[6]

DC Rebirth

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Queen Bee against the Outlaws in Gotham City

Queen Bee later set up a new H.I.V.E. headquarters in Gotham City, where she was confronted by Red Hood and the Outlaws over the millions of dollars that the Penguin owed her for services rendered. The vigilante used his taser to disable her henchmen and she was then knocked out by Bizarro, being captured before she can read their mind.[7]

Eventually, Queen Bee also confronted Wonder Woman, using her powers to control the Amazons and some of Wonder Woman's enemies against her.[8]

Dawn of DC

Queen Bee eventually created the "Love Hive" with the mind-controlled Hank Hall, but she was defeated by Dove, Bumblebee and Flamebird, freeing Hank and the rest of her hostages from the Queen's control while she teleports away.[9]

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