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Hunan Beekeeper Competition Photos Frighten Chinese Netizens

by on Tuesday, July 19, 2011 30 comments comments

Wang Dalin, a 42-year-old Chinese "beekeeper" covered in bees at a competition in Hunan, China.

From QQ (1 & 2):

Hunan Shaoyang Huxingshan holds “beekeeper” competition

July 16th, Hunan Yongzhou Jianghua 20-year-old “beekeeper” Lu Kongjiang and Hubei Yichang Zigui 42-year-old “beekeeper” Wang Dalin conducted a bee absorption competition in Hunan Shaoyang Huxingshan. After 60 minutes of intense competition, Wang Dalin defeated Lu Kongjiang with 26kg versus 22.93kg [of bees covering them].

A Chinese "beekeeper" covered in bees at a competition in Hunan, China.

Lu Kongjiang, a 20-year-old Chinese "beekeeper" covered in bees at a competition in Hunan, China.

Lu Kongjiang, a 20-year-old Chinese "beekeeper" covered in bees at a competition in Hunan, China.Wang Dalin, a 42-year-old Chinese "beekeeper" covered in bees at a competition in Hunan, China.

A Chinese "beekeeper" covered in bees at a competition in Hunan, China.

Wang Dalin, the 42-year-old winner of the Hunan bee competition.

Comments from 19Lou:

天地一只:

Too scary, I have goosebumps.

lj5555:

Truly too disgusting. This people are so niu

BB趴趴熊:

So amazing, how are the bees being attracted onto their bodies?

JC_堕入And轮回:

Too niu… The world is full of incredible things!!

snake816:

This should’ve broken a Guinness world record, right?

老牛和小牛:

I can’t look at these kind of photos, it’s the same as being afraid of heights…

午子夜:

When the forest is big, there are all kind of birds. Talk about having nothing better to do.

cissy1987518170:

Recommend deleting the post, as most people have Trypophobia, and will feel very uncomfortable when seeing this kind of photo, so hurry and take it down.

曹赛赛:

Putting this kind of photograph on the front page is too frightening.
Can you be more considerate?
Don’t put it on the front page.
I have Trypophobia.
Right now I have goosebumps all over my body.
I trust those who the same feeling as me aren’t few.

ljc860305:

Impressive courage! My sincere admiration~

耐克猫:

So gross… People like this all have mental problems.

Poll

Do you have Trypophobia?

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  • SuperJun

    slow day for news.

    • http://candosino.wordpress.com terroir

      In honey business, we use the word “viscous”.

  • http://www.qq.com/1325279774 Kedafu

    Song of the Article

    Flight of the Bumblebee
    -Rimsky-Korsakov

    If you voted No for Trypophobia….
    check out Personals@ChinaSMACK

  • chupacabra

    Lmao, i found it amusing how many people are afraid of something that could just happen to anyone, at least they didn’t get sting to death or anything.

    So stop over reacting for whatever little abnormal thing is posted

  • Jay

    2nd pic was the honey shot.
    He stuck it.
    Golden!

    • http://candosino.wordpress.com terroir

      Yes. Many people don’t know this, but this is actually from Japanese culture, it’s called bee-kake

      • http://unblockfacebookinchina.info/vpn-in-china Rod

        Well played sir.

        It took me a few seconds.

  • PRC

    the guy in the photo died later in hospital

    • http://candosino.wordpress.com terroir

      His cremated ashes will be interred with several sliced lemons and a box of Lipton’s teabags.

      • mistyken

        and when it rains, refreshing ice tea will flow out of his grave…

  • kay

    is anyone else reminded of naruto, the guy that can control and use bugs as weapons? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shino_Aburame#Shino_Aburame

    • http://candosino.wordpress.com terroir

      You’re thinking of Bioshock and the plasmid that allowed you to shoot bees out of your hands.

      chinaSMACK commenters, would you kindly refrain from arguing with each other? Would you kindly keep reading chinaSMACK?

  • Rick in China

    Such skill. It’s amazing how the one dude beat the other dude with a few kilograms more bees landing on ‘em. I wish I was able to stand still and wait.

  • http://candosino.wordpress.com terroir

    This idolation for Bruce Lee has gone too far: this is simply an outrageously cheap way to copy his yellow-and-black suit from “Game of Death”.

  • Jim

    Wow, nice poll. Currently 12 people have clicked on the image of the person covered in bees to view the article, read the article whilst viewing all the images and then claimed they have an intense fear of such images. Retards.

    • http://candosino.wordpress.com terroir

      Millions of people watched “Friday” just so they can say they hate Rebecca Black.
      Millions of people can’t be wrong.

      • Jim

        “Millions of people can’t be wrong.” ???

        Ummm… religion.

        • http://candosino.wordpress.com terroir

          Dude, God/s doesn’t exist because millions of other believe in God/s, God/s exist because you believe.

          Moving along here, the ”Friday” example was brought up because sometimes people click/watch things not because they like it/aren’t afraid of it.

          But now look where we are! Any time I bring up Rebecca Black, I always provoke a backlash against the existence of God/s! I can’t take anymore of this! TGI… oh noes, et tu, Thursday!?

    • anon

      If you Google Trypophobia, I don’t think its actually the right term for the fear being discussed here. Trypophobia is about holes in the skin. This is more like being covered with bugs or seeing a lot of bugs crawling all over the place. However, I checked for definitions of the original Chinese term they used in the article and it does reference “Trypophobia” so I don’t know. Anyway, holes in the skin are definitely not cool. Google and see if the images bother you.

      • donscarletti

        I saw a lot of lotus fruit, which didn’t disturb me, I have eaten hundreds of their kind and have suffered no reprisals at their hands. I also saw some photoshops that made me feel really itchy.

        Actually, I’ve had dreams about such things, usually abscesses deep in the skin where small, round stones come out when they are pried. I suspect that the people making the photoshops have such dreams too, the human subconsciousness is surprisingly similar from person to person. To me, they have never been something of horror, more of a sensation of cleansing and purity as I prize out these foreign lumps, leaving only a small hole and an empty cyst, which will heal, leaving me stronger than I was with these things unknown inside my skin.

      • Tengu

        Apiphobia or Melissophobia….

  • lonetrey

    Eww. Well, I personally wouldn’t mind sitting there watching… as long as I was behind an inch of glass between me and the bees. I think that would be justified, no?

    And perhaps flamethrowers should something go wrong.

    • http://candosino.wordpress.com terroir

      As you’re sitting there watching, have a sifter of brandy to pass the time and a barbeque lighter with which to blow brandified-fireballs at any erant bees. If any bees are going to die, why not have our little honey-combers go out like a candy flambee?

  • Ray

    Where is the option to vote “What is Trypophobia?”

    I guess all the disappearing bees in the world are being attracted to these competitions.

  • Magda Carter

    Do you have Trypophobia?

    No. (72%, 72 Votes)
    Yes. (28%, 28 Votes)

    HELL YEAH SOFA THE 100TH VOTER BITCHES

  • Magda Carter

    Also, I’m surprised no one has said it yet:

    HALP! I’M COVERED IN BEES!

  • Foreign Devil

    I used to keep bees with my brother when we were younger. But I started getting more and more reaction to their stings (increased swelling) so I had to quit. My brother would go as far as not wearing gloves. . but not me! However some beekeepers would actually go shirtless on a hot day. . usually getting a few stings in the process. However if you open a hive on an overcast or stormy day you will be in for a shitstorm of stinging bees.

    • anon

      Since you seem to have some knowledge about the subject, how exactly are these guys getting the bees to land on them anyway?

      • Foreign Devil

        It looks like a bee swarm. . . what happens when bees abandon their hive en masse to find a new home. Basically wherever you put the queen bee the whole hive will follow and swarm around her to protect her. So probably they have captured swarms and attached the queen bee to these guys so all the hive will stay close to her. If the queen bee dies and the hive has not raised any new queen cells, the entire hive can die if a new queen is not found quickly.

  • Ptah

    Honey bees are actually pretty mellow, as long as you don’t make them feel threatened. They die after they sting you, so they like to avoid it if possible. Stinging wasps are nasty tempered and can usually sting more than once, so those are the ones to avoid.
    Sometimes I’ll put a tiny bit of honey on my finger outside, and a honey bee will fly up and eat it, then fly off. I’ve never been stung. My grandmother used to pet bumble bees. Not sure I’d ever be that brave.

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