Sounds like a real "Kodak" moment
I think I once read a list of the worst bee attack scenarios and both lists indicated that Yellow Jackets were the worst because of the quantity. About 10 years ago my father was bush hogging on our pasture and stepped off the tractor to kick a stump out of the way, immediately followed by my mom looking out the window out to see my 80 year old dad running across the pasture with his hat off swatting bees! scary! I think he got something like 30 hits.
Glasses are a pain in the butt.... however for your profession, the ability to see at macro focus is so crucial that I understand why you don't get LASIK. You could always get the one eye LASIK Like I had and take a few months for your brain to adjust, but once it's done there's no going back. In that case it may not be worth the risk.