Hive deterioration

[SurvivoroftheNoobs]

In previous alphas you could set up an easy jelly farm so long as you could handle the non-stop bugs. But now the hives deteriorate in less than an hour where before they would last until you physically destroyed them. Is it something Tyann changed or is my game bugging out?

[Jimyoda]

Can you confirm you have spelopedes and/or megaspiders to maintain the hive?
Megascarabs don't tend to it, so without those first two insectoids, the hive will deteriorate and disappear (I believe in a couple in-game hours).