An elderly man in Hong Kong has been hospitalised after suffering a bee sting during a group hike along the Shing Mun Forest Track.
The 75-year-old man, surnamed Au, was on Friday hiking towards Shing Mun Reservoir with four friends when the bee stung his ring finger as they reached Needle Hill.
His friends filed a report to police at 2.36pm, with Au taken to Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan in a conscious state.
Au appeared to be in pain while he was carried out from the ambulance, according to photographs in media reports.
In the event of a bee sting, the stinger should be removed as soon as possible and one should hold tightly onto the shaft to avoid squeezing the venom sac, the Fire Services Department said.
