00:02 COMM: Sara Mapelli is the ultimate queen bee.
Using pheromone oils she attracts 12,000 honey bees onto her bare chest and wears them for
two hours at a time.
00:16 COMM: Sara calls it her bee-blouse and dances
with them as part of an art piece that she hopes will teach others to embrace nature.
00:24 SARA: I sort of got lost into a really incredible
meditation.
I think the adrenaline must have kicked in.
It was like being inside a tornado of bees.
00:35 COMM: The 44 year-old form Oregon, USA started
performing with the winged insects in 2001.
00:45 COMM: While Sara has been stung multiple times,
she considers it a healing from the bees.
00:51 SARA: That's an area that needs attention,
and I kind of just sort of think of it as a gift.
00:56 COMM: Honey bees are used to pollenate crops
and their value has been measured in billions of dollars.
Sara is planning to do her latest bee dance later this year, hoping to encourage people
to plant bee friendly food in their gardens.
01:11 SARA: I really want people to understand that
they don't need to fear nature.