 The character of Dr. Allen, Dr. Saxon, Dr. Haggarty, Dr. Zimbalist  and Dr. Parks are all homages to previous killer bee films.  Irwin Allen (I) (qv) directed The Swarm (1978) (qv),  John Saxon (qv) starred in The Bees (1978) (qv),  Dan Haggerty (I) (qv) and Efrem Zimbalist Jr. (qv) starred in  Terror out of the Sky (1978) (qv), and Michael Parks (I) (qv)  starred in The Savage Bees. (1976) (qv)