Fig 1. Individual intake per caged bee for six replicates (A-F) from experiment T1.

Intake immediately after bees finished temporary feeding on 100 μl of ¹⁴C-labelled sugar diet. Full range intake ratio is the highest quantity of diet ingested by a bee divided by the lowest quantity of diet ingested by a bee. Inner 80% intake ratio likewise is second highest quantity ingested divided by second lowest quantity ingested. The inner 80% intake ratios in this experiment for replicates A-F are: 2.1, 2.6, 1.9, 5.2, 10.3 and 3.9, respectively. † indicates bees that died during the feeding phase.