 "Managing the bees" was a huge challenge on this film. They went  through several bee keepers before finding one that figured out they  could actually hire unemployed people to "clip" the stingers off of  the bees in a refrigerated trailer (bees cant fly much at near  freezing temperatures). This operation, which went on all summer,  made the bees "safe" for use around the cast and crew (alas, a few  stingers were missed). But, as it turned out, the bees still  contained some venom even without their stingers and the stuff got  into the air on stage and produced some allergic reactions. In  addition (there were thousands of bees in use), everyone had little  yellow dots on their clothing 