what is the effect of calling the bloomsbury centre to a “hive of industry”?

There is an irony here in that the industry is not making things but making people. The commodity is the people. The chapter opens with descriptions of the scientific mechanisms used to create humans. The Director states that no one, including Bernard, can express individuality in any way. The Centre can simply make a new individual if anyone gets out of line, which indicates the society’s reliance on science rather than human life.