Angelina Jolie stood completely still for 18 minutes while posing with bees

GUWAHATI: On World Bee Day, the Hollywood actress, Angelina Jolie did a photoshoot for National Geographic magazine to support a bee conservation campaign in which she was seen posing while covered with bees.

She stood absolutely perfect and still for around 18 minutes.

In the video, Jolie's shoulders, hands, and even her face are covered in bees and she is staring straight into the camera.

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Dan Winters, the photographer, said he was worried about the safety of those on set during the shoot.

Taking to Twitter Dan Winters wrote," Angelina has long been involved with the UNHCR as a special envoy and is currently working with @unesco and @guerlain on a Women for Bees initiative that will ultimately build 2500 beehives and restock 125 million bees by 2025, while training and supporting 50 women beekeepers in their own beekeeping operations. To promote the initiative for World Bee Day, in collaboration with @natgeo, Angelina wanted to do a portrait covered in bees."

Dan Winters said shooting during the pandemic, with Angelina, a full crew, and live bees made the execution complex. He knew the only way to ensure to achieve the desired effect for the photo was to use the same technique that Avedon used 40 years ago to create his iconic portrait "The Beekeeper".

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"I hired my friend Konrad Bouffard, a master beekeeper, to help execute the idea. Konrad contacted the entomologist who formulated the specific pheromone (known as queen mandibular pheromone or QMP) for Avedon and worked with him to capture the unparalleled image of beekeeper Ronald Fischer that appeared in his book The American West. The entomologist offered to let us use some of the pheromones from the Avedon shoot. We used calm Italian bees. Everyone on set, except Angelina, had to be in a bee suit for protection. I applied the pheromone by hand in the places on her where I wanted bees to congregate. The bees are attracted to the pheromone, but it also encourages them not to swarm. Angelina stood perfectly still, covered in bees for 18 minutes without a sting. Being around bees is always an experience that leaves me in awe. I feel like our offering for World Bee Day has its own roots in photographic history. Creating this portrait exactly 40 years later, not only honors bees and beekeepers everywhere today but also honors Richard Avedon, his iconic image, and the technique by which it was achieved. Happy World Bee Day," he further added.

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Angelina Jolie was recently named "godmother" for Women for Bees, a five-year initiative initiated by UNESCO, according to National Geographic.

By 2025, the project hopes to have built 2,500 beehives and restocked 125 million bees, as well as train and help 50 female beekeepers.

“With so much we are concerned about around the world, this (bee conservation) is one thing that we can manage,” the 45-year-old actor said of the initiative. We should definitely all pitch in and help.”

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