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francodomenico mentioned that Ms. Frank was only 19 when she was in this episode, but if you click on her name in the above credits, it will take you to the IMDb page for Joanna Frank. It plainly shows that she was born in 1941. Unless they filmed this episode of The Outer Limits in 1960, and waited to air it in 1964, then she couldn't possibly have been 19 years old when she was in it. Her year of birth was confirmed on another website before I posted this comment, so it is unlikely to be an error on the part of IMDb for posting the incorrect year of her birth.

I do agree that she gave a wonderful performance in the episode. She definitely gives you the impression that her character (Regina) is trying to 'blend in' but not picking up on the nuances of human interactions in order to accomplish that completely.

An interesting idea for an episode , which is usually what '' The Outer Limits '' came up with on this groundbreaker of the 60s .Joanna Frank is tasty for sure as Regina the queen bee turned human seductress and she certainly is striking enough and does have a kind of bee look (in a good way ) to her face .Phil Abbott is a fine actor with many films to his credit and Marsha Hunt is also good as his unfortunate wife . Also in the cast as the doctor is Booth Coleman who played the bad guy Morries in the sci-fi thriller ''World Without End ''. All in all fairly well done and while not the best of the great sci-fi series it makes for an entertaining watch .

One of my favorite OL episodes. I remember watching this when it originally aired and it certainly helped expand my eight year old imagination. Especially when I was around my grandfather's beehives.

Having recently watched it again for the first time in 45 years it was just as good as I remembered it but for slightly different reasons.

I can now better appreciate the beauty of Regina. And I am also very impressed with the ability of the bee colony to not only engineer a queen who could transform into human form (and what a form) but also a human form complete with a designer dress and underwear. However I still don't know where the bees had hidden their laboratory.

Professor Ben Fields is visited by a strange young woman, who's there for the post of his assistant, Regina, holds a very strange secret, and is there for one purpose alone.

First off, I love the title, ZZZZZ, plain and simple, from that you know exactly what the topic is going to be, and it doesn't disappoint. It takes a bit of time to develop, but when it does, it's another classic, unforgettable episode.

It instantly put me in mind of a great, memorable episode of Tales of the unexpected, called Royal Jelly, if you've not seen it, check it out, I can't help wondering if ZZZZZ had some degree of inspiration for it.

Joanna Frank is captivating as Regina, she exudes quality, she is beautiful, but sinister and odd in equal measure, you could imagine Ben would eventually fall for her charms. Those eyes of hers are quite something.

Philip Abbott and Marsha Hunt are very good as the devoted couple, but it's the intruder that held my attention.

Best scene has to be the final confrontation between Ben and Regina, it's quite a moment.

8/10.

Dr. Philip Abbott is an entomologist and is working on a machine that will enable him to communicate with bees. But the bees are evolving as well and their queen has morphed into human form.

Joanna Frank's mission is to somehow seduce Abbott into mating with her and creating a new hybrid intelligent species that can take over.

The bee scientists must have done some considerable research into what attracts the male of the human species. Joanna Frank is the total package including some eye popping breasts. Still Abbott stays loyal to his wife Marsha Hunt.

Another Outer Limits story that will stay with you for decades after you saw it.