Bee Space 9MM Compliance Checker

Audit measured bee-space gaps against a caller manufacturing band; historical 9 mm route name does not impose a universal biological or regulatory standard.

Description

A bee-space dimensional audit compares measured gaps with a declared manufacturing band.

A bee-space dimensional audit compares measured gaps with a declared manufacturing band. The historical 9 mm route name does not set the limits used by this tool.^[1]

Audit measured bee-space gaps against a caller manufacturing band; historical 9 mm route name does not impose a universal biological or regulatory standard.

When to use Bee Space 9MM Compliance Checker

Use this tool to audit measured bee-space gaps against a caller manufacturing band; historical 9 mm route name does not impose a universal biological or regulatory standard.

Prepare the hive, sample or operating measurements and any supplied target values. Confirm units, timing and whether counts or masses refer to the same population or batch.

How to use Bee Space 9MM Compliance Checker and understand its results

Prepare the hive, sample or operating measurements and any supplied target values. Confirm units, timing and whether counts or masses refer to the same population or batch.
Enter measuredGapsMm, callerGapBoundsMm using the field table and calculation rules, then run the tool.
Read belowBandFlags, withinBandFlags, aboveBandFlags. The explanation below defines the units, signs, ordering and any flags or placeholder values.
If the tool reports an input issue, correct the values and run it again. Apply the stated assumptions when interpreting a successfully returned result.

Input field	Meaning	Value type; see rules below	Requirement
measuredGapsMm	Measured gaps mm	list of number	Required
callerGapBoundsMm	Caller gap bounds mm	list of number	Required

Enter nonempty nonnegative gap measurements in mm and exactly two ordered nonnegative caller bounds. Return three aligned binary flag lists. Equality with either boundary is within the band, and each gap belongs to exactly one result category.

below = gap<lower; within = lower≤gap≤upper; above = gap>upper

Units, indexing, boundary conditions and exceptional cases are defined in the calculation rules above.

Output field	Meaning	Value type
belowBandFlags	Below band flags	list of number
withinBandFlags	Within band flags	list of number
aboveBandFlags	Above band flags	list of number

json

{
  "input": {
    "measuredGapsMm": [
      5,
      8,
      10
    ],
    "callerGapBoundsMm": [
      6,
      9
    ]
  },
  "output": {
    "belowBandFlags": [
      1,
      0,
      0
    ],
    "withinBandFlags": [
      0,
      1,
      0
    ],
    "aboveBandFlags": [
      0,
      0,
      1
    ]
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

The band is supplied policy rather than a universal biological or regulatory standard. The tool does not predict comb building, propolis deposition or fit under changing material conditions.

Numeric inputs must be finite. Follow the calculation-specific rules for overflow, underflow and exceptional cases. Numeric lists are limited to 100,000 entries; the rules above may require smaller limits. Missing required fields, extra fields, wrong value types and violations of the calculation rules are input errors.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use Queen Excluder Slats Spacing Checker: Screen excluder gaps against measured worker maximum/queen minimum widths; sample selectivity is not a universal morphology rule or guarantee that bees pass in practice. For a complementary task, use Comb Cell Diameter Worker Drone Checker: Screen comb diameters against caller worker/drone bands; codes 0 neither, 1 worker, 2 drone, 3 ambiguous overlap, without identifying brood occupants.

References

Bee Space 9MM Compliance Checker — tool.io

Similar or alternative tools

Queen Excluder Slats Spacing Checker
Screen excluder gaps against measured worker maximum/queen minimum widths; sample selectivity is not a universal morphology rule or guarantee that bees pass in practice.
Comb Cell Diameter Worker Drone Checker
Screen comb diameters against caller worker/drone bands; codes 0 neither, 1 worker, 2 drone, 3 ambiguous overlap, without identifying brood occupants.