Disgusting, isn't it?

Such was the battle at the 9th Annual Bee Beard Competition held in Ontario, Canada where competitors covered their faces with bees to form a 'beard whilst the person with the heaviest and more aesthetically pleasing bee beard is declared the winner.

Competitors placed a queen bee in a cage around their neck to attract the rest of the colony to land on their upper body. Bee keepers then help to brush on and shape the growing mass of insects into a 'beard.' After this, contestants strut their insect facial fashions on the catwalk for gathered crowds. More photos after the cut:

Wondering how come the bees did not sting them? the bee keepers kept the colonies well feed with sugar water and sedate the bees with smoke before letting them amass on the contestants.

Contestants were jugded based on the mass of the bees (it takes about 5,000 bees to weight a pound), the beard's style and the performance each person puts on for the audience.

The 2013 winner was Justin Hiemstra, who won for having the heaviest beard, according to Ruptly.com. Marenda Schipper was also recognized for her beard's atheistic with the 2013 Judge's Choice Award.

What a sport!

http://www.tutubranch.com/2013/08/man-covered-with-bees.html

Ayama kata

thats an extract frm fear factor show

Enjoy the fun!

Ewwwwwwww!!!

That should be a scene from Fear Factor. I really missed dat show sha.

WtF...if dz doesn't make FP,then I shud knw d criterion for selection! Quite scary tho….

Omo see competition make na come try this for naija naw

God have mercy!

This is both scary and disgusting.

Disgustingly good for him!

Oh my God,so scary thou.