Waaaaaaaay late here (like, 7 years and some change.), but: “one” can be used as an “indefinite pronoun”. Which “…does not refer to any specific person, thing or amount.”
Also, to quote the wiki on One(pronoun): “One is an English language, gender-neutral, indefinite pronoun that means, roughly, “a person.” ” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_(pronoun)
the hive mind refers to herself as one?
Waaaaaaaay late here (like, 7 years and some change.), but: “one” can be used as an “indefinite pronoun”. Which “…does not refer to any specific person, thing or amount.”
Also, to quote the wiki on One(pronoun): “One is an English language, gender-neutral, indefinite pronoun that means, roughly, “a person.” ”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One_(pronoun)
I’d imagine a sapient beehive refers to itself as whatever it wants to and any objectors would have to dealing with the swarming.