Perhaps “National Cover Yourself in Bees Day” is underway in China. This 55-year-old beekeeper (seen smoking, center of the pictures) from Shandong Province was assisted in growing the ultimate bee beard by a team wearing army camouflage fatigues. His helpers can be seen shoveling honey bees over the beekeeper (literally – watch for the shovel near the end of this video). The beekeeper set a new record – 1,100,000 bees, weighing 110 kilograms (about 250 pounds), cover the man as he seems to bear a cross in the last scene of the film. It took an hour to pile on the bees. The insects were probably not hurt, but would have been rather confused. To keep them on the beekeeper and not on the Chinese Army, the beekeeper had “dozens of queens” strapped to his clothing. When not performing stunts, the million plus bees can normally be found foraging for nectar and pollen.