Bee-bearder’s swarm fails to break record

July 18, 2011
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A beekeeper wearing tens of thousands of bees waits to be weighed during a bee bearding contest in China’s Hunan province. Picture: AP Source: AP

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Beekeeper Wang Dalin wears tens of thousands of bees during a bee bearding contest in China’s Hunan province. Picture: APSource: AP

IN A competition that always creates a buzz, a Chinese beekeeper has worn more than 26kg of bees on his body.

Two bee keepers – Lu Kongjiang and Wang Dalin – went head-to-head in China’s Hunan province to determine who could attract the most bees.

Mr Wang, wearing only shorts and goggles and using a queen bee to attract other insects, tipped the scales, luring 26kg worth of bees in an hour.

Mr Lu managed to attract a swarm of just under 23kg.

But they came nowhere near the bee-bearding record.

That is held by American Mark Biancaniello, who attracted 39.5kg of bees on to his body in 1998.

AP

Bee-bearder’s swarm fails to break record | The Australian.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A beekeeper wearing tens of thousands of bees waits to be weighed during a bee bearding contest in China’s Hunan province. Picture: AP Source: AP

Bees

Beekeeper Wang Dalin wears tens of thousands of bees during a bee bearding contest in China’s Hunan province. Picture: APSource: AP

IN A competition that always creates a buzz, a Chinese beekeeper has worn more than 26kg of bees on his body.

Two bee keepers – Lu Kongjiang and Wang Dalin – went head-to-head in China’s Hunan province to determine who could attract the most bees.

Mr Wang, wearing only shorts and goggles and using a queen bee to attract other insects, tipped the scales, luring 26kg worth of bees in an hour.

Mr Lu managed to attract a swarm of just under 23kg.

But they came nowhere near the bee-bearding record.

That is held by American Mark Biancaniello, who attracted 39.5kg of bees on to his body in 1998.

AP

Bee-bearder’s swarm fails to break record | The Australian.

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