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When a young Taiwanese woman, named He went to the hospital that week complaining with a swollen eye, she expected to be treated for a simple infection.
The 29-year-old woman and her doctor were horrified to discover four living bees under her eyelids, feasting on her tears.
Doctors at Fooyin University Hospital in Taiwan described the incident as a "world first", having managed to extract the four living transpiring bees from He's tear duct.
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At a press conference, Dr. Hung Chi-ting, head of ophthalmology at the hospital, said: "I saw something that looked like paws of I took them slowly under the microscope, one by one, without damaging their bodies. "
According to CTS News, he, whose family name was only the last name, had taken care of the grave of a family member and was tearing weeds out when she felt something start in the eyes. Assuming it was dirt, she washed it in the water but at night she started to swell and she felt a burning pain under the eyelid.
The next morning, at the hospital, Hung suspected an infection, but when he observed his eye with a microscope, he saw the little legs of the bees squirm in his channels, where they fed on moisture and salt of her tears.
Her sight and the life of the bees were saved by the fact that she had not rubbed her eyes.
Small bees, called Halictidae or "sweat bees", are attracted to human sweat and are present worldwide. They are usually not aggressive and sting only when they are affected. Hung said at the press conference that sweat bees usually nest in the mountains and near the graves, which explains their contact with He.
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