Contestants in the bee beard competition at the annual conference of the Eastern Apicultural Society at the University of Maine, in the United States. The contestants each have a swarm of at least 10,000 bees clinging to them. The swarming bees have enough poison to kill each person, but the contest ended without a casualty.
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Press, 22 October 1983, Page 19
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55Contestants in the bee beard competition at the annual conference of the Eastern Apicultural Society at the University of Maine, in the United States. The contestants each have a swarm of at least 10,000 bees clinging to them. The swarming bees have enough poison to kill each person, but the contest ended without a casualty. Press, 22 October 1983, Page 19
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