Top contender: Tibor Szabo of Guelph, Ontario has his head completely covered with honey bees, at the Clovermead Bees & Honey, Bee Beard Competition in Aylmer, Ontario, CanadaIt is a competition not for the fainthearted, but several brave Canadians rose to the challenge at the Clovermead Bees & Honey, Bee Beard Competition in Ontario yesterday.
It was a case of who dares wins as the contestants bravely wore thousands of honey bees on their face and body.
Tibor Szabo was among those who took part and was pictured with his head completely covered with honey bees.
Body armour: Albert de Vries of St. Thomas, Ontario walks while covered with over 5 lbs of honey bees 
Bee bonding: Tibor Szabo reaches his arm around fellow competitor Christy Hiemstra of AlymerBeebearding is thought to date back to the 1700s when an English beekeeper discovered he could create a beard of bees by tying the queen to a thread around his neck and would parade through the streets wearing the unusual costume.
In a recent interview with The Australia Telegraph, professional beekeeper Melanie Kempers explained the beard process.
'Every colony has one queen,' she says. 'They all recognize her by smell. We put her in a small plastic cage and tie it around the neck, and we take the bees from her colony.
'We put them onto newspaper, and then pour them into a pair of hands just below the queen. They smell her and walk up towards her. Once they smell her, they huddle around her, that’s what creates the certain look'
Can you see me? Szabo reaches out towards the crowd, while covered in bees
Bizarre hobby: Beebearding is thought to date back to the 1700ssource :dailymail
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