
He is also dependent on the mutant queen bees in his swarm for cohesion. The destruction of his skeleton will temporarily disable him, though he has eventually grown past this weakness, and his bees remain weak to insecticides. Weaknesses: Von Meyer's body can be dispersed by insect repellents, which will break his control over his bees in high enough quantities and electrical interference, which can disturb the electrical impulses that his bees use for communication. Meyer is a genius war scientist and a world expert on toxins and apiculture, he is also able to comprehend and utilize advanced technology and create his own robotic bee drones. Range: Kilometers ( Can gather bees from across Manhattan) Striking Strength: Below Average Human Class, higher with large enough swarmsĭurability: Below Average Human level, higher with large enough swarms Lifting Strength: Below Average Human, higher with large enough swarms Speed: Massively Hypersonic+ (Can keep up with Spider-Man in combat) Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Flight, Natural Weaponry (His bees' stingers), Poison Manipulation ( Spider-Man was badly injured by his bees and knocked unconscious), Insect Manipulation (Can control other insects, primarily bees, getting them to join his hive), Intangibility (Because he is made of bees, he can easily move his body around attacks, but his skeleton at the center remains vulnerable, at least until he grew independent of it), Shapeshifting and Sizeshifting (His fluid form means he can take any shape he desires around his skeleton), Regeneration (Low-High he can theoretically reform his body from only a single bee, given time) and Minor Body Puppetry ( Can attach himself to skeletons and control them fully)Īttack Potency: Below Average Human level (Swarm's body is composed of bees, albeit mutated ones), higher with large enough swarms (Given time, he can grow to great sizes) Tier: 10-C, higher with large enough swarmsĪge: Likely over 90 years old (Was a Nazi scientist during WWII)Ĭlassification: Sentient swarm of killer bees, former Human & (Nazi) Soldier. However, von Meyer's device backfired, causing the bees to attack him, swarming over his body and killing him, but his consciousness survived, seizing control of the bees and becoming spread throughout each one, becoming the aggregate supervillain Swarm. In these studies, he discovered a breed of killer bees that knew no fear, were unusually passive, and highly intelligent, and created a device that he hoped would allow him to take control of them. Fritz von Meyer is a former Nazi scientist who escaped the aftermath of World War II by fleeing to Argentina like so many of his allies, where he spent his time researching the breeding patterns of local killer bees.
