diff --git a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mining_mobs/hivelord.dm b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mining_mobs/hivelord.dm
index 11de9df70b..f949df8012 100644
--- a/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mining_mobs/hivelord.dm
+++ b/code/modules/mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/mining_mobs/hivelord.dm
@@ -81,11 +81,13 @@
 	throw_message = "falls right through the strange body of the"
 	obj_damage = 0
 	environment_smash = ENVIRONMENT_SMASH_NONE
-	pass_flags = PASSTABLE
+	pass_flags = PASSTABLE | PASSMOB //they shouldn't get stuck behind hivelords.
+	density = FALSE
 	del_on_death = 1
 
 /mob/living/simple_animal/hostile/asteroid/hivelordbrood/Initialize()
 	. = ..()
+	AddComponent(/datum/component/swarming) //oh god not the bees
 	addtimer(CALLBACK(src, .proc/death), 100)
 
 //Legion
@@ -174,7 +176,6 @@
 	speak_emote = list("echoes")
 	attack_sound = 'sound/weapons/pierce.ogg'
 	throw_message = "is shrugged off by"
-	pass_flags = PASSTABLE
 	del_on_death = TRUE
 	stat_attack = UNCONSCIOUS
 	robust_searching = 1