Beekeeper Wang Dalin, 42, stands with bees partially covering his body. Wang and rival beekeeper Lu Kongjiang competed by standing on scales wearing only a pair of shorts and goggles, and using queen bees they had reared to attract other bees on to their bodies Photograph: China Daily/ReutersFellow contestant Lu Kongjiang is covered in beesPhotograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty ImagesWhile Wang Dalin attracted more than 26kg of bees on to his body, Lu Kongjiang managed 22.9kg of beesPhotograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images
Lu Kongjiang, 20, waves as he stands with bees partially covering his body, wearing only a pair of shorts and swimming gogglesPhotograph: China Daily/ReutersBees cover the legs of beekeeper Wang DalinPhotograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty ImagesBeekeeper Wang Dalin, 42, stands with bees covering his body on a weighing scalePhotograph: China Daily/ReutersSpectators watch as bees cover beekeeper Wang Dalin, who won the contest against fellow beekeeper Lu KongjiangPhotograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty ImagesBees cover beekeeper Wang Dalin during the bee-bearding contest in Shaoyang, Hunan provincePhotograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images
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