Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe CAHIR, Ireland, June 27 (UPI) -- An Irish beekeeper wearing only underwear and goggles fell 150,000 bees short of breaking the world record for being covered with honey-makers. Philip McCabe, 59, admitted defeat in County Tipperary after attracting only 200,000 of the insects to his "bee beard" in two hours, the BBC said. Advertisement The bees are counted by weight, and as a fundraising event for beekeeping projects in developing countries, McCabe stood on weigh scales as helpers funneled bees onto his abdomen. They then headed for his chin, which he had scented with the queen bee's pheromones. But after two hours and no stings, McCabe's feet went numb, and he climbed down. That's when seven bees stung, the report said. He was philosophical about not breaking the 1998 U.S. record of 87.5 pounds, or 350,000 bees. "The bees we have in Ireland, this native black bee, is different than the one that holds the record," he said.
