Bees that feed on HUMAN TEARS?!

[snobahr]

(This is the text from the BoingBoing article I was linked to)
This is, I kid you not, the actual title of a paper published in the January 2009 issue of the Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society. I love it, because it sounds like it could just as easily be the fan-encyclopedia description of some minor creature from a Lovecraft story. The

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[king]

5-7 specimens per eye

i hate bees.

[inwe_elensar]

*shudder* This.

[faerieboy]

I'm glad I'm not the only one who thought this!

[featherfire]

Omgomgomgomgomg just reading that makes me want to hide under my desk. Gentle or not, it's still a BEE. On your EYE.

occasionally in congregations of 5-7 specimens per eye

*implodes*

Apiphobe? Why yes! :D

[gemfyre]

Is that the word for it?

Hrm, I guess I am an apiphobe of sorts. A bee near me usually results in me squealing and flailing.

[featherfire]

It is indeed! I am terrfied of bees, and even more terrified of wasps and hornets. I have little panic attacks whenever they're near me, which rises exponentially the larger the bee/wasp.

[inwe_elensar]

Same here, usually with lots of swearing added.

[merchendiver]

Bees that close to my face. I don't think so. Interesting though. DO NOT WANT, but still interesting.

[theburningempty]

Next thing you know they'll block out the sun and we'll hug in the shade.

[dodgy_mermaid]

ENJOOOOOYYY!