A Chinese beekeeper covered himself in 109kg of bees to set a new world record.

Man covered himself in 109kg of bees

Man covered himself in 109kg of bees

Gao Bingguo planked for four hours and 28 minutes yesterday (25.05.15) to earn a Guinness World Record in Tai'an city with 1.09million of the insects dumped over his body.

The 55 year old - who has kept bees for over 35 years -started his attempt early in the morning with boxes of bees being placed in increasingly large quantities over his body until he was completely covered, reports Metro.co.uk.

Although he was stung over 2,000 times and his body temperature rose to over 60c, he survived the ordeal and set a new record, beating the previous one of 85.5kg.