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The hive thing was originally popularized by "bey-hive" for Beyonce I believe. Then some Kamala supporters used "k-hive" and then they did "b-hive" for Biden. Really it wasn't even Beyonce fans that did it first, they just did it the loudest
I don't understand why people would want to give themselves a name that alludes to being part of to a borg-like hivemind of insects that live solely to serve their 'royalbred' betters; but then again I've never been one to identify with 'fandoms' in general. And a lot of Europeans did it until
and some people still do it :god-save-the-queen: 
so what do I know.
These are also the same people who get mad about "collectivism" when you talk about
Look, I am 100% for being a drone in a hive mind to serve my glorious queen, but I don't mix my kinks with my politics smdh
"Bey-hive" only cropped up as a fan demonym in response to Nicki Minaj's "Barbz"; who are still the most unhinged mfs on the internet. Even I've got nothing when I'm up against a Barb.