1. Data Used to Assess Whole-Colony Metabolic Rate
Table S1A. Metabolic rate for whole colonies shown in Figure 1
Species
Colony mass
MR
Temperature
Source
grams
watts
ºC
Apis mellifera
1
4.27
32
(1)
Bombus lapidarius
18.7
0.93
30
(2)
Camponotus fulvopilosus
50
0.0738
25
(3)
Camponotous rufipes
12.5
0.03
24
(4)
Cubitermes exiguus
52
0.059
30
(5)
Leptothorax Unifasciatus
0.48
0.000437
20
(6)
Nasutitermes ephratae
582
0.165
28
(7)
Odontomachus bauri
11
0.039
24
(4)
Vespa arenaria
287.7
1.17
32
(8)
V. crabro
426
8.95
32
(9)
V. maculata
133.9
1.06
32
(8)
Zacryptocerus depressus
2.1
0.003
24
(4)
Intraspecific Metabolic Rate Data for Individual Colonies: To the best of our knowledge, we have included in our analyses all available data on the intraspecific scaling of whole colony metabolic rate with colony mass.
Table S1B. Metabolic rate for colonies of the honeybee Apis mellifera. The metabolic rate corrected at 25 ºC scales with the colony mass as (95% CI: 0.51, 0.73; r2 = 0.80)
Colony mass (grams)
MR (watts)
Temperature ºC
Source
180
0.991
25
(1)
490
2.77
30
(1)
528
0.878
20
(1)
528
1.11
26
(1)
565
5.75
30
(1)
820
1.58
27
(1)
1000
4.27
32
(1)
1660
9.24
37
(1)
28.1
0.981
29.7
(10)
150
1.92
25
(11)
1800
21.1
34
(11)
1000
11.5
34
(9)
200
8.54
34
(12)
4.04
0.21
34
(13)
6.82
0.30
34
(13)
8.26
0.338
34
(13)
21.5
0.878
34
(13)
27.4
1.059
34
(13)
46.3
1.20
34
(13)
87.4
1.36
34
(13)
96.8
1.68
34
(13)
173
1.97
34
(13)
180
1.91
34
(13)
199
1.79
34
(13)
409
2.51
34
(13)
440
3.46
34
(13)
607
3.67
34
(13)
875
3.12
34
(13)
1239
4.01
34
(13)
6.57
0.104
34
(13)
16.3
0.226
34
(13)
27.2
0.345
34
(13)
51.3
0.584
34
(13)
128
0.864
34
(13)
205
1.11
34
(13)
1700
2.59
23.5
(14)
Table S1C. The metabolic rate for colonies of the termite Nasutitermes ephratae. The metabolic rate corrected at 25 ºC scales with the colony mass as(95% CI: 0.11, 0.77; r2 = 0.37); data from Ref. (11)
Colony mass (grams)
MR (watts)
Temperature ºC
22
0.02278
28
52
0.121
28
61
0.0181
28
85
0.0544
28
120
0.124
28
124
0.0221
28
146
0.0576
28
181
0.0623
28
219
0.103
28
233
0.0736
28
243
0.0730
28
325
0.0957
28
340
0.0757
28
413
0.0777
28
424
0.0897
28
582
0.165
28
Table S1D. The metabolic rate for colonies of the ant Odontomachus bauri. The metabolic rate corrected at 25 ºC scales with the colony mass as(95% CI: 0.6, 1.28; r2 = 0.86); data from Ref.(4)
Colony mass (grams)
MR (watts)
Temperature ºC
11
0.039
24
2
0.00592
24
1.9
0.00618
24
7
0.0331
24
3.5
0.0176
24
3.5
0.0202
24
0.7
0.00373
24
3
0.0204
24
2
0.0136
24
Table S1E. The metabolic rate for colonies of the ant Camponotous rufipes. The metabolic rate corrected at 25 ºC scales with the colony mass as (95% CI: 0.56, 1.23; r2 = 0.72); data from Ref.(4)
Colony mass (grams)
MR (watts)
Temperature ºC
3
0.0302
24
4
0.0237
24
10.5
0.0497
24
12.5
0.0296
24
11.25
0.0366
24
10.1
0.0448
24
10.5
0.0373
24
10.5
0.0393
24
8
0.0322
24
7
0.029
24
3
0.0124
24
2.5
0.00961
24
3.5
0.0109
24
4.25
0.0121
24
2.25
0.00599
24
Table S1F. The metabolic rate for colonies of the ant Zacryptocerus depressus. The metabolic rate corrected at 25 ºC scales with the colony mass as (95% CI: -1.49, 3.17; r2 = 0.20); data from Ref.(4)