If the queen can't find a nest site and ... Until the exoskeleton is set, bees and wasps can't fly to forage, or sting to defend. They also need time to develop a circadian rhythm.

Ph. D. students Sanam (Uma Paranjpe) and Ariel (Kjerstine Anderson) study a bee hive in “Queen.” Courtesy Reed Flores. People build friendships on all kinds of common ground, but in the play ...