The hive was very smooth on the outside, and climbing it was near impossible. To enter the hive, the Ketes would walk straight up the side, using their sticky feet to station themselves as they ascended. As a type of protection against intruders, the hive was surrounded by a sticky bog which ensnared potential trespassers. During the stranglethorn crisis, the hive was the site of a small event in which the two Ewoks, Wicket Wystri Warrick and Kneesaa a Jari Kintaka infiltrated the hive in hopes of obtaining a nectar pearl which contained the Kete nectar.