Sweat bees don’t sweat, but you do and they like it. If one lands on your skin, it’s not there to sting you. It just wants a lap of your sweat.

Regardless of taxonomy, bees that are attracted to sweat often use other bodily fluids, too, like tears. Tear-feeding is such a common behavior among insects, it has an official name: lachryphagy.

NEW YORK (CNN) -- Doctors treating a Taiwanese woman for a swollen eye were shocked to find four tiny bees living under her left eyelid. The miniscule insects, known as sweat bees, are 3 to 4 ...

Doctors treating a Taiwanese woman for a swollen eye were shocked to find four tiny sweat bees living under her left eyelid, feeding on her tears. 24/7 Live Raleigh Durham Fayetteville Surrounding ...

The bees extracted from He's eyes are known as "sweat bees" and they're part of the halictid family.They're about a quarter of an inch in length and have a dark, metallic hue. They subsist ...