Animals · #946 biggest of 1,014
How big is the honey bee?
1.3 cm
The honey bee measures 1.3 cm. That's about 186 human-hair widths lined up end to end.
By the numbers
- That's 1.3 cm, or about 0.512 inches.
- You'd need about 131 of them stacked up to reach the height of an average adult.
- Roughly 186 human-hair widths could line up across it.
- Out of all 1,014 things in this collection, it ranks #946 by size.
Size comparison
How honey bee stacks up against things of a similar size. Tap any bar to explore it.
die (toy)
1.6 cm
microSD card
1.5 cm
opal
1.5 cm
sunflower seed
1.5 cm
honey bee
1.3 cm
button
1.2 cm
blueberry
1.2 cm
fingernail
1.2 cm
staple
1.2 cm
Bars use a logarithmic scale so everything fits — real differences are even more extreme!
Fun fact
You could line up roughly 131 of them along the height of an average person.
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