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Man Covered In 100kg Of Bees Sets World Record
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Man Covered In 100kg Of Bees Sets World Record

by  Khadijah Thabit 1 min read

A Chinese beekeeper set a new Guinness World Record after letting 1,1 million bees to cover his body in Tai'an, Shandong Province, China.

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Gao Bingguo, who has kept bees for over 35 years, decided to cover himself in 109,1kg of flying insects to break the previous record of 85.5kg. The process started with Gao stripping to his pants, then a number of queen bees were placed on his body to attract the other bees.

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During his badass performance the man was smoking a cigarette, while bees was swarming over his body, eventually he ended up covered in an estimated 1.1 million bees. By the end of the day Gao was stung over 2,000 times and body temperature rose to over 60C, making him to take a bath afterwards to soothe the stings.

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Gao was crowned as the new world champion for most bees on a human body on May 25, 2015.

Man Covered In 100kg Of Bees Sets World Record
Gao Bingguo prepares for the performance
Man Covered In 100kg Of Bees Sets World Record
A Chinese beekeeper set a new Guinness World Record after letting 1,1 million bees to cover his body
Man Covered In 100kg Of Bees Sets World Record
Gao Bingguo has kept bees for over 35 years
Man Covered In 100kg Of Bees Sets World Record
There are about 10,000 bees in a kilogram
Man Covered In 100kg Of Bees Sets World Record
a number of queen bees were placed on his body to attract the other bees
Man Covered In 100kg Of Bees Sets World Record
During his badass performance the man was smoking a cigarette, while bees was swarming over his body
Man Covered In 100kg Of Bees Sets World Record
Gao was crowned as the new world champion for ‘most bees on a human body’

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Khadijah Thabit (Copyeditor) Khadijah Thabit is an editor with over 3 years of experience editing and managing contents such as articles, blogs, newsletters and social leads. She has a BA in English and Literary Studies from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria. Khadijah joined Legit.ng in September 2020 as a copyeditor and proofreader for the Human Interest, Current Affairs, Business, Sports and PR desks. As a grammar police, she develops her skills by reading novels and dictionaries. Email: khadeeejathabit@gmail.com

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