The hive mines have a vary different life cycle. Like more common aliens they start as a facehugger ang go to the chestbuster stage. But after the chestbuster stage they then turn into runners, then to drones, the to warriors, then to preatorian like creatures. Next some turn into Hive Mine warriors, which gard the queen and eggs, while most turn into Hive Mines. Females have one more step to take. And that is to become a Hive Mine queen. A Hive Mine queen makes other Hive Mines. And males have a ability other types of aliens do not. That is when they are with out any type of queen to mate with, they have a organ that allows the to make eggs until a queen can take the role. And some were know to have the ability to reorganize their bones and change the skin tones in order to change to any