BROWNSVILLE, Texas—A U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas is credited with saving an illegal immigrant woman and her young son who were attacked and covered by thousands of bees.

Bees on a beehive. Yamil Lage/AFP/Getty Images
BROWNSVILLE, Texas—A U.S. Border Patrol agent in Texas is credited with saving an illegal immigrant woman and her young son who were attacked and covered by thousands of bees.