Growth and survival of the superorganism: Ant colony macronutrient intake and investment.

The frequency that colonies were fed was highly significant, with only colonies fed every other week suffering reduced growth relative to the other two treatment levels ( p < .001 in both post hoc comparisons).

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Contrary to our expectation, after 4 days there were no differences between workers and larvae for either nutrient, and there, if anything (the result is marginally statistically significant), was the opposite pattern of nutrient transfer than predicted with larvae having slightly more of an excess of carbon than workers, but not nitrogen.

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