How much does a honeybee weigh?
100 mg0.1 gWhich one: worker bee
A honeybee weighs about 100 mg (0.1 g).
Animals vary, so Tilt always names a specific, common adult: a worker bee, a house mouse, a Labrador, a bull rather than a calf. The label tells you which one. Source for this figure: UC ANR Bug Squad, Honey Bee Larvae: Weigh to Go.
How heavy is that?
- A honeybee weighs about as much as 4 grains of rice.
- It takes about 600 honeybees to balance an egg.
- It takes about 1,200 honeybees to balance a banana.
About the same weight
More animals
- Mosquito 2.5 mg
- Housefly 15 mg
- Ladybug 35 mg
- Monarch butterfly 500 mg
- Little brown bat 7.5 g
- Tarantula 16 g
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