Erica Duncan and Alan DeLorme are enjoying their time at Canfield College, where Alan has been invited to teach acting in the Theater Department. Between two hives of activity–the theater program and the bee keepers–queen bees abound at Canfield. This cross-pollination comes to an unfortunate end when a student, who had been hiding in the theater in hopes of seeing the resident ghost, dies from a severe reaction to a bee sting. When the accidental death is revealed as deliberate, Erica must keep her distance, having promised Alan that she would stay away from solving mysteries while on campus. At the same time, the available evidence, provided mostly by her students, is hard to ignore.