diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/App.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/App.tsx
index e41820f6..37464e7b 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/App.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/App.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import { Shell } from './shell/Shell.js';
 import { ComponentsPage } from './pages/ComponentsPage.js';
 import { CreateAgentPage } from './pages/CreateAgentPage.js';
 import { JobsPage } from './pages/JobsPage.js';
-import { OverviewPage } from './pages/OverviewPage.js';
+import { HivesPage } from './pages/HivesPage.js';
 import { Panel } from './ui/panel/Panel.js';
 
 function NotFound() {
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export function App() {
   return (
     <Shell>
       <Switch>
-        <Route path="/" component={OverviewPage} />
+        <Route path="/" component={HivesPage} />
         <Route path="/create-agent" component={CreateAgentPage} />
         <Route path="/jobs" component={JobsPage} />
         <Route path="/components" component={ComponentsPage} />
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/CreateAgentPage.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/CreateAgentPage.tsx
index 5d6d7634..7bb605b2 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/CreateAgentPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/CreateAgentPage.tsx
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ import { SelectField, type SelectOption } from '../ui/select-field/SelectField.j
 import { Button } from '../ui/button/Button.js';
 import './CreateAgentPage.css';
 
-// Mirrors swarm-controller's `HiveEntry` — same shape `OverviewPage`
+// Mirrors swarm-controller's `HiveEntry` — same shape `HivesPage`
 // consumes off `/api/hives/status`, but this page hits the plain
 // `/api/hives` roster (no status/freshness needed, just "what hives
 // exist to spawn into").
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/OverviewPage.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/HivesPage.tsx
similarity index 95%
rename from frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/OverviewPage.tsx
rename to frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/HivesPage.tsx
index a7451303..6fb8f6bd 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/OverviewPage.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/pages/HivesPage.tsx
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-// <OverviewPage> — the hive-roster overview, `/`'s content. Fetches
+// <HivesPage> — the hive roster, `/`'s content. Fetches
 // swarm-controller's `GET /api/hives/status`, the swarm-wide status
 // aggregate: one row per roster hive, freshness derived at read time
 // from the status bucket. Supersedes the earlier `GET /api/hives` +
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ const COLUMNS: TableColumn<HiveStatus>[] = [
   },
 ];
 
-export function OverviewPage() {
+export function HivesPage() {
   const [hives, setHives] = useState<HiveStatus[] | null>(null);
   const [error, setError] = useState<ProblemDetails | null>(null);
 
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ export function OverviewPage() {
   }, []);
 
   return (
-    <Panel title="overview">
+    <Panel title="hives">
       {error ? <ApiErrorPanel context="failed to load the hive roster" problem={error} /> : null}
       {!error && hives === null ? <p>loading…</p> : null}
       {hives ? <Table columns={COLUMNS} rows={hives} rowKey={(h) => h.name} /> : null}
diff --git a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/Shell.tsx b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/Shell.tsx
index cda6b4fe..fe5fc69d 100644
--- a/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/Shell.tsx
+++ b/frontend/packages/swarm-ui/src/shell/Shell.tsx
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ import { LinksMenu } from './LinksMenu.js';
 import './Shell.css';
 
 const NAV_ITEMS: { href: string; label: string }[] = [
-  { href: '/', label: 'overview' },
+  { href: '/', label: 'hives' },
   { href: '/create-agent', label: 'new agent' },
   { href: '/jobs', label: 'jobs' },
   { href: '/components', label: 'components' },