He went to the doctor for an infected eye and was found by four living bees

TAIWAN.- The 29-year-old patient says that her terrible experience began when she felt a sharp pain in her left eye as she participated in the annual fast-paced tradition. I had no idea where this pain could come from. He rinsed what he thought was sand from his eyes with a little clean water. When he returned home a few hours later, his eye was very inflamed. Tears and other secretions were shed.

He, scared, decided to go to the doctor. Dr. Hung found under his left eyelid, what is commonly called sweat bees,
according to the New York Times.

These bees, of the family Halicidae, live mainly pollen and nectar, but also need salt produced by the glands human and animal glands, so they feed on sweat and tears. They rarely bite, only when they are attacked.

The small pollinator can be found in gardens and green spaces around the world, but it is very rare that it flies in the eyes. The Fooyin University Hospital had to call for an operation to eliminate bees from the human eye. This was the first operation in the world of this style.

When Hung extracts the bees, they are still alive. "I saw something that looked like insect paws, so I took them out with the help of a microscope slowly and one at a time without damaging their bodies," he said. said Hung, speaking to
Singapore Business Insider.

If they had had a break in the eye, the patient could have faced a serious infection or even lose sight of it, the doctor added. The bees remained intact in part because he had refrained from rubbing his eyes during the entire test.

"The woman will be fine, the bees will be fine," said Matan Shelomi, professor of ophthalmology at National Taiwan University. "It's not something that worries people, I do not think we'll see it again," he said.
The Washington Post.