> At times, during the many discussions about bee stings, someone will
> mention that being stung in the eye can cause blindness.  Others will
> sometimes mention that the chance of being stung directly in the eye
> itself, due to the almost istantaneous blink reflex, is so rare as to be
> almost nonexistent.

We had an employee stung dead-centre on the pupil.  We drove him to the
hospital, and the GP on duty removed the stinger.  AFAIK, the employee had
no further problem.  He was at work the next day.

allen

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