What is being measured?
Comparison uses the midpoint of the published 10–15 mm range. Adult worker body-length range; queens and male drones have different published ranges. This is a range midpoint, not a measured population mean.
The comparison uses the midpoint of the stated range. That midpoint is a chosen reference, not a measured population mean.
- Dimension
- body length
- Reference value
- 12.5 mm
- Evidence
- Chosen midpoint of a documented range
- In metres
- 0.0125 m
- Variant
- Adult worker
- Source range
- 10–15 mm
- What the range means
- Adult worker body-length range; queens and male drones have different published ranges.
Put the length in perspective
One Western honey bee — worker represents approximately 0.146 card lengths measured end to end. This is a length ratio; it does not calculate how the objects pack or fit.
Western honey bee — worker · 0.0125 m
Metre · 1 m
Foot (international) · 0.3048 m