This man's record-breaking 'bee beard' is the stuff of nightmares

 By 
Olivia Niland
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Don't try this one at home.

China's Ruan Liangming, an expert in the carnival act known as "bee bearding," recently set a Guinness World Record for wearing the heaviest mantle of bees ever recorded, weighing in at 140 pounds and 6.95 ounces.

To achieve the feat, Liangming used 60 queen bees to attract approximately 637,000 insects to latch onto him.

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