An elderly Hong Kong man was hospitalized after suffering a bee sting during a group hike along the Shing Mun Forest Track.

The 75-year-old man, surnamed Au, was hiking to Shing Mun Reservoir with four friends on Friday when the bee stung his ring finger as they reached Needle Hill.

His friends filed a police report at 2:36 p.m. They took him to Yan Chai Hospital in Tsuen Wan in a conscious state.

They appeared to be in pain as he was taken out of the ambulance, according to photos in media reports.

In the event of a bee sting, the sting should be removed as soon as possible and the tree should be held tightly to avoid squeezing the venom sac, the Fire Department said.