It takes a person who is really comfortable with bees to do the old “Beard of Bees” trick! Here, 61-year-old commercial beekeeper Harold Pease, of Litchfield Park, Arizona, shows how it’s done.
Tying the queen in her cage (a prescription medicine bottle with holes punched in it) around his neck, Pease smeared a few drops of sugar water on his face and neck. Pease’s friend, Ed Taylor, then shook the box the bees had been transported in, and they flew in every direction, settling on his chest, neck, ears and face.
“They’re whispering sweet nothings in my ear,” he said with a chuckle.
Pease performed the stunt for The Arizona Republic newspaper as a way of publicizing his bee-removal services.
Interestingly, he says that he’s the only beekeeper in his area of Arizona who does not exterminate the swarms they remove from people’s home and properties — rather surprising, in a time when honeybees are in such short supply.
See the full story: Valley man wears beard made of bees by Annemarie Moody (photo by Nick Oza); The Arizona Republic, 12 June 2007.
that is so cool
Wow how can a man wear a beard of bees?
shalynn:that is such a kool beard that you have made out of bees i am such a big fan britney:koolio beard i would never do that