Data from: Tracking individuals shows spatial fidelity is a key regulator of ant social organization

Ants live in organized societies with a marked division of labor among
workers, but little is known about how this is generated. We use a
tracking system to continuously monitor individually-tagged workers in six
colonies of the ant Camponotus fellah over 41 days. Network analyses of
over 9 million interactions revealed three distinct groups that differ in
behavioral repertoires. Each group represents a functional behavioral unit
with workers moving from one group to the next as they age. The rate of
interactions was much higher within- than between groups. The precise
information on spatial and temporal distribution of all individuals
permitted calculation of the expected rates of within- and between-group
interactions. These values suggest that the network of interaction within
colonies is primarily mediated by age-induced changes in the spatial
location of workers.