Magda's Photoblog
Bee Beard
Posted by Magda (Vancouver, Canada) on 11 September 2008 in People & Portrait.
This demonstration was done behind glass windows. Anyone brave enough can experience this during a tour at the Honeybee Centre in Surrey, BC. :) Not me!
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jamesy from christchurch, New Zealand
there are some truly weird people in this world!! A great photo thou
11 Sep 2008 5:41am
dj.tigersprout from San Bruno, CA, United States
yikes! not me either! but bravo to him for being so brave and calm -- and bravo to you for bring us this unbelievable image! wow! my skin is crawling! :0
11 Sep 2008 6:18am
Shiva from Kajang, Malaysia
omigosh! scary!!! this image is creeping under my skin already!!!!!!!!!1
11 Sep 2008 7:09am
Iris from Aberdeenshire, United Kingdom
Ooh brave man - not for me thank you. Great photograph - thanks for sharing that one. I understand if you can stay really quiet and still they don't sting!!
11 Sep 2008 8:16am
Evelyne Dubos from Le Mans, France
Oh ! Very impressive shot !! But i think he is a little bit crazy... Never can do that personnaly... :-)
11 Sep 2008 8:43am
Monique from Koh Samui, Thailand
Arghhhh ...no thanks, not for me, but what a great picture of this lunatic! :))
11 Sep 2008 9:22am
willow from Chelsea, United States
Even as much as I love bugs - NOT a chance! GReat shot, though.
11 Sep 2008 1:14pm
leslie from norwich, United Kingdom
Great shot Magda, would not get me doing it though - been stung enough times when i accidently dug up a hornets nest.....
11 Sep 2008 3:10pm
Judy from Brooksville-Florida,, United States
Ohhhhhhhhh, my word ....... I cannot imagine trying to hold STILL for this, but you certainly got a good shot of it, Magda.
11 Sep 2008 11:39pm
Observing from West Cheshire, United Kingdom
Saints alive..... some people will do anything to get their picture taken.
11 Sep 2008 11:59pm
Kylie Greenan from Richmond, Australia
OMG, what an amazing image first of all... my GOD, the effect this image had on me, I am allergic to bee stings,t hey can actually kill me so you can imagine my reaction to this... so well done! I think you were brave even behind glass to take this! :o)
12 Sep 2008 2:32am
kylie from Shanghai, China
Eeeek! Words are failing me - I am at a complete loss as to why anyone would want to do this. Nice bee detail, I think I can see each and every one of them. Its kind of frightening! :-)
12 Sep 2008 7:13am
San G. from Encino, California, United States
I will agree with Kylie here. I am also allergic to bee stings, and one got me on the palm of my left hand 20 days ago. I think in about a week it will be healed, but the Urgent Care was a big help. I admire folks like this man who can allow creatures to "bee" this close, but I wonder how they get the bees to fly off. Did you watch the process of removing them?
18 Sep 2008 7:42am
@San G.: Yes, I did San. They just sweep them off with a soft brush... I might post some photos from that part of the demonstration in the next few days. :)
TravBoy from West/Wet Coast, United States
Great capture.
This image is quite scary though.
Brave model
29 Sep 2008 3:11am
Nikon D80
1/320 second
F/5.6
ISO 400
225 mm (35mm equiv.)