The primary nest for the Mutated Geonosians and their queen on Ossus was the Mutated Geonosian hive. This was during the time of the third Galactic War on the planet. When the Sith Empire invaded the world, Darth Malora, a Sith Lord, deployed her Mutated Geonosian creations to fight the [Jedi Colony].(/article/jedi_colony) However, the insectoid species rebelled, attacking both Imperial and Galactic Republic combatants.