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Taiwan doctor finds four sweat bees living inside woman's eye
bbc ^
Posted on 04/10/2019 10:11:51 AM PDT by DUMBGRUNT
The 28-year-old woman, identified only as Ms He, was pulling out weeds when the insects flew into her eyes.
Dr Hong Chi Ting of the Fooyin University Hospital told the BBC he was "shocked" when he pulled the 4mm insects out by their legs.
Sweat bees, also known as Halictidae, are attracted to sweat and sometimes land on people to imbibe perspiration. They also drink tears for their high protein content,
"I grabbed the leg and very slowly took one out, then I saw another one, and another and another. They were still intact and all alive."
Pictures of the bees were shown on Taiwanese TV.
(Excerpt) Read more at bbc.com ...
TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Gardening; Health/Medicine
KEYWORDS: halictidae
I want a clean room, for my safe room.
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posted on
04/10/2019 10:11:51 AM PDT
by
DUMBGRUNT
To: DUMBGRUNT
No LINK..........................
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posted on
04/10/2019 10:16:41 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
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posted on
04/10/2019 10:21:23 AM PDT
by
MeganC
(There is nothing feminine about feminism.)
To: MeganC
Thanks!................now, EEEEEEWWWWWWW! GROSS!.................
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posted on
04/10/2019 10:24:12 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: DUMBGRUNT
Do they still have that show “Monsters Inside Me”? I used watch that but it horrified my family. This would be a perfect episode for it.
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posted on
04/10/2019 10:58:27 AM PDT
by
Varda
To: Red Badger
I may never go outside again.
At least if I somehow end up in Taiwan.
That is so gross, and if you irritate the bees they produce venom that can blind you.
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posted on
04/10/2019 11:10:17 AM PDT
by
Verbosus
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To: Verbosus
We have sweat bees here in the USA...................
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posted on
04/10/2019 11:13:03 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
Sweat hogs a plenty but I never seen no sweat bees.
To: VietVet876
We have them in The South..............Tiny green bees...........
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posted on
04/10/2019 11:23:59 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: VietVet876
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posted on
04/10/2019 11:26:24 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Red Badger
Oh my gosh.
Did you *really* need to inform me of that?
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posted on
04/10/2019 11:54:44 AM PDT
by
Verbosus
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To: Verbosus
The truth is sometimes uncomfortable............But our bees aren’t as aggressive as Asian bees.............
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posted on
04/10/2019 11:57:12 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Varda
It’s on occasionally................
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posted on
04/10/2019 11:57:51 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: Verbosus
Our sweat bees are really just a minor nuisance................
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posted on
04/10/2019 11:58:58 AM PDT
by
Red Badger
(We are headed for a Civil War. It won't be nice like the last one....................)
To: DUMBGRUNT
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posted on
04/10/2019 5:04:20 PM PDT
by
Libloather
(Global warming is AWESOME!)
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