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001-es BibID:	BIBFORM131050
035-os BibID:	(Scopus)105009929134 (WoS)001522986200023
Első szerző:	Szabó Norbert (PhD hallgató, biológia-kémia középiskolai tanár)
Cím:	Comparison of the simplest diets to find the most effective one in developing ant colonies of Lasius niger / Norbert Szabó, Jenő Nagy, András Tartally
Dátum:	2025
ISSN:	2045-2322
Megjegyzések:	Nurturing, especially feeding ant colonies is a vital topic among ant researchers and ant keepers. Numerous factors contribute to growing healthy ant colonies rapidly, including, for instance, humidity levels and appropriate farming methods. Proper diet is also an essential consideration. Many articles contemplate the potential of artificial diets. Variable carbohydrate-based diets have been tested but the role of protein has largely been overlooked. We aimed to analyse the effects of these diets to be able to standardize and compare results of different laboratories. We assessed the most readily available, natural, inexpensive, known, and efficient diets to ensure optimal nutrition for ant colonies by analysing the development of 100 Lasius niger colonies. They were given four different carbohydrate-based diets in the first year and four different protein-based diets in the second year. Based on our findings, honey water was the best carbohydrate source. The best protein diet, however, consisted of crickets, which positively influenced not only the development but also the survival success of the colonies during the wintering period. Thus, we suggest rearing laboratory colonies of L. niger on honey water and crickets. It would be worth repeating this study with different ant species and doing biochemical analysis on the diets.
Tárgyszavak:	Természettudományok Biológiai tudományok idegen nyelvű folyóiratközlemény külföldi lapban folyóiratcikk cockroach cricket black garden ant hibernation honey mealworm sucrose wintering
Megjelenés:	Scientific Reports. - 15 (2025), p. 1-8. -
További szerzők:	Nagy Jenő (1989-) (biológus) Tartally András (1975-) (biológus)
Internet cím:	Szerző által megadott URL DOI Intézményi repozitóriumban (DEA) tárolt változat
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001-es BibID:	BIBFORM115800
035-os BibID:	(Scopus)85200503218 (WoS)001097898300001
Első szerző:	Szabó Norbert (PhD hallgató, biológia-kémia középiskolai tanár)
Cím:	Claustral colony founding is limited by body condition : experimental feeding increases brood size of Lasius niger queens (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) / Norbert Szabó, Jenő Nagy, András Tartally
Dátum:	2024
ISSN:	0024-4066
Megjegyzések:	Ants can found colonies in different ways. One is by claustral colony foundation, when fertilized queens typically have enough nutrients reserved in their bodies to raise the first 'nanitic' worker generation without any foraging activity. This colony-foundation strategy evolved in response to selective pressures (e.g. predators), but it limits the number of nanitic workers. We, therefore, assumed that fed queens might initially rear more nanitic workers, although feeding might also be associated with risks and stress. In this study, we analysed the effects of stress and different diets during the colony-foundation period on the success of colony founding by claustral black garden ant Lasius niger (Hymenoptera: Formicidae) queens. Our findings confirm that regularly fed claustral ant queens raise more pupae and workers, reflecting that limited brood size is a cost of safety behaviour for claustral ant queens. There is another notable aspect of our findings for laboratories: in order to maximize the size of the nanitic worker generation, they can feed claustral ant queens with crickets.
Tárgyszavak:	Természettudományok Biológiai tudományok idegen nyelvű folyóiratközlemény külföldi lapban folyóiratcikk black garden ant carbohydrate colony-founding strategies diets laboratory ant colonies protein starvation stress sugar
Megjelenés:	Biological Journal Of The Linnean Society. - 142 : 4 (2024), p. 397-401. -
További szerzők:	Nagy Jenő (1989-) (biológus) Tartally András (1975-) (biológus)
Pályázati támogatás:	EFOP-3.6.1-16-2016-00022 EFOP
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