The Savage Bees

Norman Gary, an entomologist and production consultant, was one of two bee wranglers/handlers for this film. The other bee wrangler was Gary's assistant, Kenneth Lorenzen. All of the shots, where the bees swarm over the victims were done by them. Both also played one of the victims: Gary was farmer Caziot, and Lorenzen was the Pirate Guy. Gary & Lorenzen would do the same two things in this film's sequel, Terror Out of the Sky (1978).

After the collision in the beginning, the Coast Guard officer says the ship came from "Brazil, Central America". Brazil is in South America.

There are a number of versions of the closing credit sequence. One version simply features a single surviving bee on a surface as other (unseen) bees buzz and the credits roll. Another version begins when Jeff and Jeannie are hugging each other and ends when a single surviving bee is a surface as other (unseen) bees buzz. Yet another version shows footage from various scenes of the film.