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31-year-old Mohamed Hagras began his career as an engineer. It was only a few years ago that he began to foray into beekeeping – but he hasn’t left since.
For years now, Hagras has been a competitive beekeeper, not just in regards to the number of bees he tends to, but also in regards to how “useful” the bees are.
Hagras’ bees not only produce honey and pollen, but they also transfer medicinal properties through their stings. A large number of people have and continue to come to his farm, requesting to get stung so they can reap the benefits of his bees and cure their diseases.
One way that Hagras tries to advocate for his bees is by participating in local competitions and even some modeling events.
In a competition in Canada, he once wore a box containing the queen bee’s hormones on his chin, effectively attracting hundreds of bees to form a beard around his face. He calls this the “Beard of Bees.”
This is Hagras’ signature look at beekeeping events, whenever he tries to educate Egyptians and others around the world of the usefulness of bees and their non-aggressive tendencies.
“[Bees] are helpful and produce things that help humans and agriculture,” he explained.
Hagras keeps his bee farm alive by extracting hormones from deceased queen bees and using it to attract new bees to form new hives.
At present, Hagras hopes to continue this practice and earn world record titles for his bee outfit. At present, the record is held by a beekeeper from China who once covered his entire body with over one million bees. He weighed 242.5 pounds.
We wish Hagras success in his beekeeping endeavors!
