Five twelve-year-old friends from a Beehive church group in California go to work as hostesses on an historical farm in Utah and are caught up in the mystery of a young girl who disappeared in the 1920s.

Disappointed when Elena doesn't get the lead in the church play, The Bee Theres devise a plan to make sure the star can't perform.

The Bee Theres try to find ways to earn money so that they can go to summer camp, while Marybeth worries that camping will expose her secret fear of the dark.

When the former teacher of her Beehive church group plans to be married, twelve-year-old Sunshine faces serious problems as she tries to come up with a design for bridesmaid dresses for herself and six other friends.

Ducky wants to be seventh-grade class president, but she fears that winning against another club member may cause her to lose her friends.

Bonnnie, a twelve-year-old Mormon girl, hopes that her ideas for the ward Halloween party will get her into the popular girls' club the Bee Theres, but the situation is complicated by a mummy in her backyard.