Four sweat bees pulled from a woman's eyelid were apparently craving salt and feeding off her tears. He yanked out a small bee, known as Halictidae, or a “sweat bee.” And it was alive. “I’m sure the sweat bees got by the eye and got squished between the eye and eyelid. A study this month from the Kansas Entomological Society found that sweat bees also look to tears as a protein source. “They don’t seem to be bothered by people, so they will go to any source of salt," Shelomi said.

Source: Washington Post April 10, 2019 10:46 UTC