H.I.V.E.
Where brilliant minds don’t just network—they build.
Human
Inspired by Isaac Asimov’s Trap Door Spider Society, Natalie Walstead took the idea and modernised it for a faster world.
Insight
A hurdle for you might be someone else’s hobby. An insurmountable mountain for you might be somebody’s Tuesday.
Vision
The first HIVE started in Las Vegas. There are more of them now, each with its own goal, schedule and cadence. One Creed holds them together.
Execution
We meet to work out what to do, and then we actually do it. Join in person or virtually, and catch up in the app.
How it works
The door’s open
Want to help with a HIVE Help? Chip in to a Honey Pot? Join one of the HIVEs, work on something together, or just say hello? This is the door for all of it.
Once a month: what we worked on and what got granted.
Have a read first
The Trap Door Spiders were real: a New York dinner club that met one Friday a month, a dozen of them, each host bringing a guest. Asimov was elected in 1970 and turned them into the Black Widowers — stories where a guest arrives with a problem he can’t solve and leaves with an answer none of them had alone.
Natalie Walstead built on it: the same idea, a faster world, tools that keep it going between meetings, and more than one kind of table.
Mugs, journals, canvas totes, shirts — we put the bee on all of it and made a batch for everyone. It doesn’t fund anything or mean anything. It’s just cool. More designs on the way.
See the swag →Different HIVEs. One promise.
Every HIVE makes its own shape. One may gather around personal wishes, another around ideas its members are building, and another around one shared goal. Each chooses its own people, schedule and cadence. The Creed is what makes all of them HIVE.