Bee-bearding contest in China

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/Reuters Fellow contestant Lu Kongjiang is covered in bees Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images While Wang Dalin attracted more than 26kg of bees on to his body, Lu Kongjiang managed 22.9kg of bees Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images Lu Kongjiang, 20, waves as he stands with bees partially covering his body, wearing only a pair of shorts and swimming goggles Photograph: China Daily/Reuters Bees cover the legs of beekeeper Wang Dalin Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images Beekeeper Wang Dalin, 42, stands with bees covering his body on a weighing scale Photograph: China Daily/Reuters Spectators watch as bees cover beekeeper Wang Dalin, who won the contest against fellow beekeeper Lu Kongjiang Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images Bees cover beekeeper Wang Dalin during the bee-bearding contest in Shaoyang, Hunan province Photograph: ChinaFotoPress/Getty Images